2syllables
refined
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Definitions ofrefined
1verb
- To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities.
Example: "to refine gold"
- To become pure; to be cleared of impure matter.
- To purify of coarseness, vulgarity, inelegance, etc.; to polish.
Example: "a refined style"
- To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
- To make nice or subtle.
Example: "to refine someone's language"
1noun
- The refined form of a commodity, as opposed to its raw or generic form.
Example: "We're still purchasing copper ore, but the market for refined is weaker."
1adjective
- Precise, freed from imprecision, particularly:
- Cultured, freed from vulgarity, particularly:
- Purified, reduced in or freed from impurities, particularly:
- (of a market) Dealing in a refined product such as sugar or petroleum.
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