· improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing"

Synonym(s): polish, fine-tune, down

Hypernym(s): better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate

· make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern"

Synonym(s): complicate, rarify, elaborate

Hypernym(s): change, alter, modify

· treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition; "refine paper stock"; "refine pig iron"; "refine oil"

Hypernym(s): process, treat

· reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities; "refine sugar"

Synonym(s): rectify

Hypernym(s): purify, sublimate, make_pure, distill

· attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or intensity by polishing or purifying; "many valuable nutrients are refined out of the foods in our modern diet"

Hypernym(s): attenuate

· make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of; "refine a method of analysis"; "refine the constant in the equation"

Hypernym(s): change, alter, modify

· (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste"

Antonym(s): unrefined

· freed from impurities by processing; "refined sugar"; "refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare

Synonym(s): processed

Antonym(s): unrefined

· showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience; "his polished manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters"

Synonym(s): polished, urbane

· precise to a fine degree; "due to the limitations of the available tools, a more refined analysis of the data may be necessary"

· suggesting taste, ease, and wealth

Synonym(s): elegant, graceful