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All refine synonyms

reΒ·fine
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verb refine

  • emaciate β€” (transitive) To make extremely thin or wasted.
  • humanise β€” to make humane, kind, or gentle.
  • edulcorate β€” to free from acids, salts, or impurities by washing; purify.
  • better β€” Better is the comparative of good.
  • hackle β€” one of the long, slender feathers on the neck or saddle of certain birds, as the domestic rooster, much used in making artificial flies for anglers.
  • go whole hog β€” Nautical. (of a hull) to have less than the proper amount of sheer because of structural weakness; arch. Compare sag (def 6a).
  • deterge β€” to wash or wipe away; cleanse
  • clarify β€” To clarify something means to make it easier to understand, usually by explaining it in more detail.
  • cleanse β€” To cleanse a place, person, or organization of something dirty, unpleasant, or evil means to make them free from it.
  • make ready β€” the state or condition of being ready.
  • distil β€” (transitive) Subject a substance to distillation; .
  • whorled β€” having a whorl or whorls.
  • lustrate β€” to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
  • clear β€” Something that is clear is easy to understand, see, or hear.
  • finish β€” to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
  • hackles β€” one of the long, slender feathers on the neck or saddle of certain birds, as the domestic rooster, much used in making artificial flies for anglers.
  • distill β€” to subject to a process of vaporization and subsequent condensation, as for purification or concentration.
  • hackling β€” Present participle of hackle.
  • enrich β€” Improve or enhance the quality or value of.
  • hone β€” a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
  • groom β€” a bridegroom.
  • blue pencil β€” deletion, alteration, or censorship of the contents of a book or other work
  • cultivate β€” If you cultivate land or crops, you prepare land and grow crops on it.
  • explain β€” Make (an idea, situation, or problem) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts or ideas.
  • deal with β€” When you deal with something or someone that needs attention, you give your attention to them, and often solve a problem or make a decision concerning them.
  • disciplining β€” Present participle of discipline.
  • get through β€” to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • come around β€” If someone comes around or comes round to your house, they call there to see you.
  • develop β€” When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
  • disciplined β€” having or exhibiting discipline; rigorous: paintings characterized by a disciplined technique.
  • file β€” a powder made from the ground leaves of the sassafras tree, used as a thickener and to impart a pungent taste to soups, gumbos, and other dishes.
  • lacquered β€” a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
  • break down β€” If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
  • desalinate β€” to remove the salt from (esp from sea water)
  • metastasize β€” Pathology. (of malignant cells or disease-producing organisms) to spread to other parts of the body by way of the blood or lymphatic vessels or membranous surfaces.
  • lick into shape β€” to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
  • make good β€” morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
  • diagramed β€” Simple past tense and past participle of diagram.
  • hopped up β€” excited; enthusiastic; exuberant, especially overexuberant.
  • lacquering β€” a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
  • diagramming β€” a figure, usually consisting of a line drawing, made to accompany and illustrate a geometrical theorem, mathematical demonstration, etc.
  • filter β€” any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
  • humanize β€” to make humane, kind, or gentle.
  • depurate β€” to cleanse or purify or to be cleansed or purified
  • osmose β€” to undergo osmosis.
  • go through with β€” to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • ironing β€” Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20Β°C. Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
  • clean β€” Something that is clean is free from dirt or unwanted marks.
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