English to English
verb
- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
Refine one's style of writing.
source: WordNet 3.0
- make more complex, intricate, or richer
Refine a design or pattern.
source: WordNet 3.0
- treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition
Refine paper stock.
Refine pig iron.
Refine oil.
source: WordNet 3.0
- reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
Refine sugar.
source: WordNet 3.0
- attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or validity by polishing or purifying
Many valuable nutrients are refined out of the foods in our modern diet.
source: WordNet 3.0
- make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of
Refine a method of analysis.
Refine the constant in the equation.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to defecate; as, to refine gold or silver; to refine iron; to refine wine or sugar.
source: Webster 1913
- To become pure; to be cleared of feculent matter.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
verb
- [rifáin] Painamin; linisin; pakinisin; dalisayin
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
