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Refined
//ɹɪˈfaɪnd// adj, noun, verb
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Adjective
- 1 Precise, freed from imprecision; Sagacious, sometimes (derogatory) oversubtle or feigning sagacity. obsolete
- 2 Precise, freed from imprecision; Subtle, scrupulous, carefully thought out.
"The argument, while not persuasive, is quite refined."
- 3 Precise, freed from imprecision; Developed, improved.
"The curriculum has been carefully refined to meet the needs of foreign students."
- 4 Cultured, freed from vulgarity; Elevated and polished.
"In the British Isles, Oxbridge is considered refined; Geordie somewhat less so."
- 5 Cultured, freed from vulgarity; Elegant, sometimes (derogatory) affected, prissy, or bloodless.
"Don Draper was a man of refined tastes."
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- 6 Purified, reduced in or freed from impurities; Highly-processed and pure.
"Under current guidelines, refined sugar must be at least five times purer than its raw counterpart."
- 7 Purified, reduced in or freed from impurities; Free of dross or alloy.
"The Temple at Jerusalem preferred Tyrian shekels, since even with Ba'al's portrait they bore highly refined silver."
- 8 Purified, reduced in or freed from impurities; Morally pure. obsolete
- 9 Dealing in a refined product such as sugar or petroleum.
Adjective
- 1 suggesting taste, ease, and wealth wordnet
- 2 precise to a fine degree wordnet
- 3 (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel wordnet
- 4 freed from impurities by processing wordnet
- 5 showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience wordnet
Noun
- 1 The refined form of a commodity, as opposed to its raw or generic form.
"We're still purchasing copper ore, but the market for refined is weaker."
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of refine form-of, participle, past
"The raw petroleum was refined into kerosene."
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