English Explanatory Dictionary

refined

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. simple past and past participle of refine
adj
  1. Precise, freed from imprecision
  2. Sagacious, sometimes (derogatory) oversubtle or feigning sagacity.
  3. Subtle, scrupulous, carefully thought out.
  4. Developed, improved.
  5. Cultured, freed from vulgarity
  6. Elevated and polished.
  7. Elegant, sometimes (derogatory) affected, prissy, or bloodless.
  8. Purified, reduced in or freed from impurities
  9. Highly-processed and pure.
  10. Free of dross or alloy.
  11. Morally pure.
  12. Dealing in a refined product such as sugar or petroleum.
noun
  1. The refined form of a commodity, as opposed to its raw or generic form.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈfaɪnd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-refined.wav

Word forms

refined more refined most refined refineds

Synonyms

dainty

Derived words

biorefined refinedly refinedness refined sugar semirefined superrefined ultrarefined unrefined

Translations

Bulgarian: изи́скан Bulgarian: изтънчен Bulgarian: пречистен Bulgarian: рафиниран Chinese Mandarin: 斯文 Dutch: verfijnd Finnish: hienostunut Russian: изы́сканный Russian: очи́щенный Catalan: refinat German: raffiniert German: verfeinert German: gereinigt Hungarian: finomított Hungarian: rafinált Manx: aaheelit Māori: parakore Turkish: rafine
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