refined

re·fined

 (rĭ-fīnd′)

adj.

1. Free from coarseness or vulgarity; polite.

2. Free of impurities; purified.

3. Precise to a fine degree.

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refined

(rɪˈfaɪnd)

adj

1. not coarse or vulgar; genteel, elegant, or polite

2. subtle; discriminating

3. freed from impurities; purified

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re•fined

(rɪˈfaɪnd)

adj.

1. having or showing well-bred feeling, taste, etc.

2. freed from impurities.

3. very subtle or exact.

[1565–75]

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	refined - (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste" civilised, civilized - having a high state of culture and development both social and technological; "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world" elegant - refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid" fastidious - giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness" gracious - characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit; "gracious even to unexpected visitors"; "gracious living"; "he bears insult with gracious good humor" polished - perfected or made shiny and smooth; "his polished prose"; "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"; "freshly polished silver" unrefined - (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth; "how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?"
	2.	refined - freed from impurities by processing; "refined sugar"; "refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare processed unprocessed, unrefined, crude - not refined or processed; "unrefined ore"; "crude oil"
	3.	refined - 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" svelte, urbane, polished sophisticated - having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire; "sophisticated young socialites"; "a sophisticated audience"; "a sophisticated lifestyle"; "a sophisticated book"
	4.	refined - suggesting taste, ease, and wealth elegant, graceful gracious - characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit; "gracious even to unexpected visitors"; "gracious living"; "he bears insult with gracious good humor"
	5.	refined - free from what is tawdry or unbecoming; "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset" tasteful, neat elegant - refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid"

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refined

adjective

1. purified, processed, pure, filtered, clean, clarified, distilled refined sugar
purified coarse, impure, unrefined

2. cultured, civil, polished, sophisticated, gentlemanly, elegant, polite, cultivated, gracious, civilized, genteel, urbane, courtly, well-bred, ladylike, well-mannered His speech and manner are refined.
cultured common, coarse, boorish, unrefined, inelegant, ungentlemanly, uncultured, unladylike, ill-bred, unmannerly

3. discerning, fine, nice, sensitive, exact, subtle, delicate, precise, discriminating, sublime, fastidious, punctilious refined tastes

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refined

adjective

1. Characterized by discriminating taste and broad knowledge as a result of development or education:

civilized, cultivated, cultured, educated, polished, urbane, well-bred.

2. So slight as to be difficult to notice or appreciate:

delicate, fine, finespun, nice, subtle.

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Translations

مُكَرَّر، مُصَفّىمُهَذَّب

kultivovanýrafinovaný

elegant

raffiniertfein

refinadosofisticadofino

hienostunut

châtiédélicatraffiné

finomított

fágaîur, heflaîurhreinsaîur

raffinato

verfijnd

forfinetrenset

rafinovaný

arıtılmışkibarrafine edilmiş

文雅的精炼的

refined

[rɪˈfaɪnd] ADJ

1. (= purified) [sugar, flour] → refinado

2. (= sophisticated) [clothes, manners, sense of humour] → fino, refinado

3. (= subtle, polished) [style of writing] → elegante, pulido

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

refined

[rɪˈfaɪnd] adj

[person, taste] → raffiné(e)

[sugar, products, oil] → raffiné(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

refined

adj

(= processed) metal, oil → raffiniert, rein; foods → veredelt; refined sugar → Raffinade f; refined flour → Auszugsmehl nt; refined products (St Ex, Econ) → raffinierte/veredelte Produkte pl; refined petroleum products (St Ex, Econ) → raffinierte Erdölprodukte pl

(= sophisticated) taste → fein; person, style → fein, vornehm; model → ausgeklügelt, raffiniert

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refined

[rɪˈfaɪnd] adj → raffinato/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

refine

(rəˈfain) verb

1. to make (a substance eg sugar) pure by taking out dirt, waste substances etc. Oil is refined before it is used. raffineer يُنَقِّي، يُكَرِّر пречиствам refinar čistit raffinieren raffinere διυλίζωrefinar puhastama تصفیه کردن؛ خالص کردن jalostaa raffiner לְזַקֵק निर्मल या परिष्कार करना pročistiti, rafinirati finomít mengolah hreinsa raffinare 精製する 정제하다 rafinuoti rafinēt; attīrīt menapis, menyuling raffinerenrense, raffinererafinować چڼل، نينول، تصفيه كول، پاكول، سوتره كول، ښه كول، پرمخ بيول، مكملول refinar a rafina очищать čistiť prečistiti prečistiti raffinera, förädla ทำให้บริสุทธิ์ arıtmak, rafine etmek 提煉 очищати, рафінувати صاف کرنا ltinh chế 提炼

2. to improve. We have refined our techniques considerably since the work began. verfyn يَصْقُل، يُحَسِّن подобрявам aperfeiçoar vylepšit verfeinern forbedre βελτιώνωperfeccionar, mejorar täiustama اصلاح کردن؛ سامان بخشیدن parantaa perfectionner לְשַפֵּר सुधारना usavršiti javít meningkatkan bæta, slípa, fága migliorare 改善する 세련되게 하다 (pa)tobulinti uzlabot memperbaiki verfijnenforbedre, raffinereudoskonalić تصفيه كول aperfeiçoar a per­fecţiona совершенствовать vylepšiť izboljšati (se) poboljšati förbättra ทำให้ดีขึ้น geliştirmek, ıslah etmek 改進 поліпшувати, удосконалювати نقاءص دور کرنا cải tiến 改进，提高

reˈfined adjective

(negative unrefined).

1. very polite; well-mannered; elegant. verfynde مُهَذَّب изискан refinado kultivovaný fein elegant εκλεπτυσμένος, εξευγενισμένος refinado peen با ادب hienokäytöksinen raffinéמעודן निर्मल uglađen, profinjen kifinomult sangat sopan fágaður, heflaður raffinato 洗練された 세련된 galantiškas galants; smalks beradab beschaafddannet, forfinet, raffinertwytworny با ادب refinado rafinat изысканный kultivovaný uglajen prefinjen förfinad, elegant ซึ่งสุภาพเรียบร้อย kibar 文雅的 витончений, вишуканий مہذب lịch sự 文雅的

2. having been refined. refined sugar. geraffineerde مُكَرَّر، مُصَفّى рафиниран refinado rafinovaný raffiniert raffineret επεξεργασμένος refinado puhastatud خالص jalostettu raffiné מְזוּקָק परिष्कृत, परिमार्जित rafiniran finom(ított) olahan hreinsaður raffinato 精製された 정제된 rafinuotas rafinēts gula halus geraffineerdrenset, raffinertrafinowany خالص refinado rafinat очищенный rafinovaný rafiniran rafinisan raffinerad, förädlad ซึ่งปราศจากสิ่งสกปรก arıtılmış, rafine edilmiş 精煉的 рафінований صاف đã qua tinh chế 精炼的

reˈfinement noun

1. good manners, good taste, polite speech etc. goeie maniere رقَّه، دَماثَه، تَهْذيب изисканост refinamento kultivovanost die Feinheit elegance ψυχική καλλιέργεια, ευγένειαrefinamiento peenus, rafineeritus تزکیه؛ پیراستگی hienostuneisuus raffinementעידון परिष्कार fino ponašanje, profinjenost kifinomultság kesopanan (sið)fágun raffinatezza 洗練 세련된 태도 galantiškumas, subtilumas galantums; izsmalcinātība berhemah beschavingdannelse, forfinelse wytworność پاكوالى، سوتره ګى، ښه والى (دذوق، احساساتو، سلوك)، سوچه توب، سپيڅلتوب، تهذيب، تصفيه، اصلاحى بدلون distinção rafinament изысканность kultivovanosť uglajenost prefinjenost förfining, elegans ความละเอียดปราณีต kibarlık 文雅 витонченість, вишуканість تہذیب sự tao nhã 文雅

2. (an) improvement. to make refinements. verbetering تَحَسُّن، صَقْل усъвършенстване aperfeiçoamento / melhoria zlepšení, zdokonalení die Verfeinerung forbedring βελτίωσηmejora, perfeccionamiento täiustamine بهسازی؛ اصلاح parannus perfectionnementשיפור सुधार pročišćenje, dotjeranost finomítás peningkatan betrumbót miglioria 改善 정제 patobulinimas uzlabojums memperelok verfijningforbedringudoskonalenie پاكوالى melhoria per­­fecţionare усовершенствование zlepšenie izboljšanje poboljšanje förbättring การพัฒนา geliştirme 改進 удосконалення اصلاح sự cải tiến 改进

reˈfinery – plural reˈfineries – noun

a place where sugar or oil etc is refined. an oil refinery. raffinadery مَعْمَل تَكْرير وتَصْفِيَه рафинерия refinaria rafinerie die Raffinerie raffinaderi; -raffinaderi διυλιστήριοrefinería rafineerimistehas پلایشگاه jalostamo raffinerie בֵּית זִיקוּק धातु इत्यादि साफ करने का स्थान या यन्त्र rafinerija finomító (üzem) pengolahan hreinsunarstöð raffineria 精製所 정제소 rafinavimo/perdirbimo gamykla rafinēšanas fabrika kilang penapis, kilang penyuling raffinaderijraffinerirafineria تصفيه خانه refinaria rafinărie рафинировочный завод rafinéria rafinerija rafinerija raffinaderi โรงกลั่น arıtma tesisi, rafineri 提煉廠 очисний завод; рафінадний завод تیل وغیرہ صاف کرنے کا کارخانہ nhà máy tinh chế 提炼厂

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