A furnace is an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.
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Refine
//ɹɪˈfaɪn//
Synonyms for "refine" (180 found)
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Closest matches (36)
Strong matches (54)
Related words (90)
machinemake an improvementmake sensitivematuremelioratemeltmelt downmendmillminenarrownurtureoversimplifypercolateperfectpress outprocesspromotepumppurify
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quickenraiserearrectifyreducereduce to elementsrefine uponreformremoverenderretrenchripenroundrub awayrunscreenseasonsensibilizesensitizeseparatesharpenshaveshortensievesiftsimplifysleekslicksmeltsmoothsoaksocializespiritualizesqueezesteepstimulatestirstraighten outstrainstreamlinestrip downsubductsublimatesublimesubtilizesubtracttake awaytake fromthawthinthin outtransfiguretransformtryunfreezeupgradeupliftwear awayweedwhetwinnowwithdrawwringwring out
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16 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
12 entriesderived from
1 entriesmanner of
4 entriesrelated to
14 entriesTranslations
68 translations across 19 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- saflaşdırmaq verb (to purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or excellent; to polish)
Bulgarian
3 entries- облагородявам verb (to purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or excellent; to polish)
- очиствам се verb (to become pure)
- пречиствам verb (to reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy)
Catalan
4 entries- refinar verb (to reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy)
- refinar verb (to purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or excellent; to polish)
- refinar verb (to become pure)
- refinar verb (to improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence)
Czech
4 entries- kultivovat verb (to purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or excellent; to polish)
- pročistit verb (to reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy)
- rafinovat verb (to reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy)
- vylepšovat verb (to improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence)
Danish
4 entries- forbedre verb (to purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or excellent; to polish)
- forfine verb (to purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or excellent; to polish)
- raffinere verb (to reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy)
- rense verb (to reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy)
Esperanto
1 entries- rafini verb (to reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy)
Finnish
4 entries- hioa verb (to affect nicety or subtlety in thought or language)
- jalostaa verb (to reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy)
- jalostaa verb (to purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or excellent; to polish)
- jalostaa verb (to improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence)
French
1 entries- raffiner verb (to reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy)
Galician
1 entries- refinar verb (to reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy)
German
1 entries- verfeinern verb (to improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence)
Greek
1 entries- ραφινάρω verb (to reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy)
Hebrew
1 entries- השתבח verb (to improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence)
Italian
4 entries- decantare verb (to reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy)
- decantare verb (to become pure)
- decontaminare verb (to reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy)
- impreziosire verb (to affect nicety or subtlety in thought or language)
Māori
2 entries- whakamahine verb (to purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or excellent; to polish)
- whakaparakore verb (to reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy)
Portuguese
3 entries- purificar verb (to become pure)
- refinar verb (to reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy)
- refinar verb (to purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or excellent; to polish)
Russian
4 entries- детализировать verb (to affect nicety or subtlety in thought or language)
- облагораживать verb (to purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or excellent; to polish)
- очищать verb (to reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy)
- соверше́нствоваться verb (to improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence)
Spanish
2 entries- perfeccionar verb (to purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or excellent; to polish)
- refinar verb (to reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy)
Swedish
4 entries- förfina verb (to purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or excellent; to polish)
- förfina verb (to affect nicety or subtlety in thought or language)
- raffinera verb (to reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy)
- raffinera verb (to purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or excellent; to polish)
Yiddish
1 entries- אויסאיידלען verb (to reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
Good day, lords. In what way can I refine upon my adroitness in aural comprehension?
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Good day, lords. In what way can I refine upon my adroitness in aural comprehension? It is genuinely arduous for me to fathom the parlance of the English, although my scribbling deftness is unerring.
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Is Algeria's oil cheap to refine?
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