All refine synonyms
reΒ·fine
R r 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.