refined

/ɹiːfaɪnd/

verb

  1. 1

    To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities.

    to refine gold
  2. 2

    To become pure; to be cleared of impure matter.

  3. 3

    To purify of coarseness, vulgarity, inelegance, etc.; to polish.

    a refined style
  4. 4

    To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.

  5. 5

    To make nice or subtle.

    to refine someone's language

noun

  1. 1

    The refined form of a commodity, as opposed to its raw or generic form.

    We're still purchasing copper ore, but the market for refined is weaker.

adjective

  1. 1

    Precise, freed from imprecision, particularly:

  2. 2

    Cultured, freed from vulgarity, particularly:

  3. 3

    Purified, reduced in or freed from impurities, particularly:

  4. 4

    (of a market) Dealing in a refined product such as sugar or petroleum.

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