Definitions for refines

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refines re·fine

Spelling: [ri-fahyn]

IPA: /rɪˈfaɪn/

Refines is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 153 anagrams from letters in refines (eefinrs).

Definitions for refines

Verb phrases

1. refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:

verb (used with object)

1. to bring to a fine or a pure state; free from impurities:
2. to purify from what is coarse, vulgar, or debasing; make elegant or cultured.
3. to bring to a finer state or form by purifying.
4. to make more fine, subtle, or precise:

verb (used without object)

1. to become pure:
2. to become more fine, elegant, or polished:
3. to make fine distinctions in thought or language.

Origin of refines

First recorded in 1575-85; re- + fine¹

Examples for refines

Iran imports food, machinery and even gasoline, as it cannot refine enough to fuel its own cars.

Saudi Arabia sits on top of a vast reservoir of high quality oil that is cheap to pump and cheap to refine.

But in the late 19th century, we learned how to refine grain and make white flour.

For the necessity for concentration only serves to strengthen and refine her aspiration.

Resist it not; it goes to refine and raise thy theory of matter just as much.

Beer does not refine, perhaps,97 but at any rate it mellows.

Loving is an art, and we all need to learn the art and to refine its practice.

We continue to research and refine abortion care while helping to break down barriers separating women from high-quality services.

But the butcher had a sentiment for his business, and knew how to refine upon it.

It makes us refine our arguments, and search for greater efficiencies, and do our jobs better.