refining

Từ điển WordNet

    v.

  • improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; polish, fine-tune, down

    refine one's style of writing

  • make more complex, intricate, or richer; complicate, rarify, elaborate

    refine a design or pattern

  • treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition

    refine paper stock

    refine pig iron

    refine oil

  • reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities; rectify

    refine sugar

  • 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

  • make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of

    refine a method of analysis

    refine the constant in the equation

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

refines|refined|refining
syn.: cultivate develop improve perfect polish purify