refine
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
refine one's style of writing
Types & categories
- improve hypernym
- overrefine hyponym
- civilize hyponym
Related & opposite
- elaboration derivation
- refiner derivation
- refinement derivation
Sense 2 verb
make more complex, intricate, or richer
refine a design or pattern
Types & categories
- change hypernym
- involve hyponym
- develop hyponym
- sophisticate hyponym
Related & opposite
- working out derivation
- complication derivation
- complicatedness derivation
- elaborateness derivation
- elaboration derivation
Sense 3 verb
treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition
refine paper stock
Types & categories
- process hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
refine sugar
Types & categories
- distill hypernym
Related & opposite
- refiner derivation
- rectification derivation
- refining derivation
Sense 5 verb
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
Types & categories
- attenuate hypernym
Sense 6 verb
make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of
refine a method of analysis
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- subtlety derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | elaboration |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | refiner |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | refinement |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | improve |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | overrefine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | civilize |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | working out |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | complication |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | complicatedness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | elaborateness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | elaboration |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | involve |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | develop |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sophisticate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | refinery |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | refiner |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | refining |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | process |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | refiner |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | rectification |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | refining |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | distill |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | attenuate |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | subtlety |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |