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Refining   /rəfˈaɪnɪŋ/  /rɪfˈaɪnɪŋ/   Listen
Refining

noun
1.
The process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.).  Synonyms: purification, refinement.


Refine

verb
(past & past part. refined; pres. part. refining)
1.
Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing.  Synonyms: down, fine-tune, polish.
2.
Make more complex, intricate, or richer.  Synonyms: complicate, elaborate, rarify.
3.
Treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition.  "Refine pig iron" , "Refine oil"
4.
Reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities.  Synonym: rectify.
5.
Attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or validity by polishing or purifying.
6.
Make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of.  "Refine the constant in the equation"



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"Refining" Quotes from Famous Books



... have, for many ages, been gradually refining; and are capable of that protection which ...
— An History of Birmingham (1783) • William Hutton
... Mrs. Tallboys said; you will do nothing but laugh at us, or else talk sentiment about our refining you. Now, I want to be free ...
— The Three Brides • Charlotte M. Yonge
... the expenses of reduction and refining and transportation and digging are deducted that it will be worth at least $100 an ounce," was the reply. "It would bring an even higher price, for the placing of a large amount on the market will probably have ...
— The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone • Richard Bonner
... the north section, and the town built up on a brewery and the hopes of being hit by a railroad survey, and of holding the county seat, was left in this third part which, like Caesar's third part of all Gaul, was most barbarous because least often the refining influences of civilization ...
— Winning the Wilderness • Margaret Hill McCarter
... forbidding area for a garden in its original state could scarcely be found. Enough vegetables and fruit can be raised from it hereafter, with annual fertilizing, to supply a large family, and it will improve every year under the refining effects ...
— The Home Acre • E. P. Roe


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