refine
[verb]
Synonyms:
- purify, clarify, cleanse, distil, filter, process
- improve, hone, perfect, polish

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

re‧fine AC /rɪˈfaɪn/ verb [transitive]
[Word Family: noun: refinement, refinery; verb: refine; adjective: refined ≠ unrefined]

1. to improve a method, plan, system etc by gradually making slight changes to it:
Car makers are constantly refining their designs.

2. to make a substance purer using an industrial process ⇒ refinery:
oil refining

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

refine
verb
ADV. slightly | further | increasingly | constantly, continuously The information system is constantly refined and updated.
gradually
VERB + REFINE attempt to, try to | help (to)
PREP. into Sugar cane is refined into sugar.

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