ALL meanings of refined
re·fined
R r - adjective refined having or showing well-bred feeling, taste, etc.: refined people. 1
- adjective refined freed or free from coarseness, vulgarity, etc.: refined taste. 1
- adjective refined freed from impurities: refined sugar. 1
- adjective refined very subtle, precise, or exact: refined distinctions. 1
- verb with object refined to bring to a fine or a pure state; free from impurities: to refine metal, sugar, or petroleum. 1
- verb with object refined to purify from what is coarse, vulgar, or debasing; make elegant or cultured. 1
- verb with object refined to bring to a finer state or form by purifying. 1
- verb with object refined to make more fine, subtle, or precise: to refine one's writing style. 1
- verb without object refined to become pure: The silver is refining in the furnace. 1
- verb without object refined to become more fine, elegant, or polished: His parents hope that his manners will refine as he gets older. 1
- verb without object refined to make fine distinctions in thought or language. 1
- adjective refined person: behaviour 1
- adjective refined person: cultured 1
- adjective refined product 1
- adjective refined subtle; discriminating 0
- adjective refined freed from impurities; purified 0
- adjective refined made free from other matter, or from impurities; purified 0
- adjective refined free from crudeness or coarseness; cultivated; elegant 0
- adjective refined characterized by great subtlety, precision, etc. 0
- adjective refined A refined substance has been made pure by having other substances removed from it. 0
- adjective refined If you say that someone is refined, you mean that they are very polite and have good manners and good taste. 0
- adjective refined If you describe a machine or a process as refined, you mean that it has been carefully developed and is therefore very efficient or elegant. 0
- adjective refined not coarse or vulgar; genteel, elegant, or polite 0