refine

refine
01. I need to practice a lot in order to [refine] my tennis serve.
02. She shows a lot of promise as a violinist, but she needs to [refine] her technique somewhat.
03. Police raided an illegal laboratory in a house in Seattle today where they confiscated equipment used for [refining] heroin.
04. The latest safety [refinements] make this Volvo the best family car available today.
05. When sugar is [refined], it changes from brown to white.
06. An oil [refinery] serves to make gasoline from crude oil.
07. She is a woman of [refined] tastes, in clothing, wine, and men.
08. William T. Sherman once observed that war is cruel, and you cannot [refine] it.
09. We have been working for days [refining] our plans to prepare them for presentation to the board.
10. Continued experimentation has allowed scientists to [refine] their techniques.
11. Police say the cocaine, [refined] to a high level of purity, was worth an estimated $500,000.
12. She doesn't eat any [refined] sugar or flour in her diet.
13. Isaac Newton [refined] Kepler's model of planetary motion, but did not perfect it.
14. A scientist studies nature by [refining] old models or creating new models.
15. Observers say that a number of oil [refineries] were hit during the attack, and are now burning out of control.
16. Nutritionists tell us that we should not eat too many [refined] foods.
17. To produce $1 billion of cocaine only requires about $3 million in [refining] chemicals and coca leaves.
18. Oil processing began in Trinidad and Tobago in 1914 when the first [refinery] opened.
19. Huge oil [refineries] line the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
20. To [refine] one barrel of crude oil requires 7,300 liters of water.
21. The [refinement] of the process has resulted in a marked increase in efficiency.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • Refine — Re*fine (r?*f?n ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Refined} ( find ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Refining}.] [Pref. re + fine to make fine: cf. F. raffiner.] 1. To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • refine\ on — • refine on • refine upon v 1. To make better; improve. Mary was asked to refine on her first outline to make it clearer and more exact. 2. To be better than; surpass. Modern medical techniques refine on those of the past …   Словарь американских идиом

  • refine — [ri fīn′] vt. refined, refining [ RE + FINE1, v., based on Fr raffiner, to purify] 1. to make fine or pure; free from impurities, dross, alloy, sediment, etc.; purify; clarify 2. to free from imperfection, coarseness, crudeness, etc.; make more… …   English World dictionary

  • refine — [v1] purify clarify, cleanse, distill, filter, process, rarefy, strain; concept 165 Ant. corrupt, dirty, pollute refine [v2] perfect, polish better, civilize, clarify, cultivate, elevate, explain, hone, improve, make clear, round, sleek, slick,… …   New thesaurus

  • Refine — Re*fine , v. i. 1. To become pure; to be cleared of feculent matter. [1913 Webster] So the pure, limpid stream, when foul with stains, Works itself clear, and, as it runs, refines. Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • refine — I verb advance, amend, better, clarify, cleanse, clear, correct, cultivate, develop, edit, elaborate, elevate, emend, enhance, filter, filtrate, improve, improve upon, make improvements, meliorate, modify, perfect, polish, purify, rectify,… …   Law dictionary

  • refine — UK US /rɪˈfaɪn/ verb [T] ► PRODUCTION to improve something or to make it pure, especially by removing material that is not wanted: »Crude oil is industrially refined to purify it. ► to improve an idea, a method, a system, etc. by making small… …   Financial and business terms

  • refine — (v.) 1580s, of metals, c.1590 of manners, from RE (Cf. re ), intensive prefix, + obsolete fine (v.) make fine, from FINE (Cf. fine) (adj.) delicate. Cf. Fr. raffiner, It. raffinare, Sp. refinar. General and figurative sense is recorded from… …   Etymology dictionary

  • refine — ► VERB 1) remove impurities or unwanted elements from. 2) make minor changes so as to improve (a theory or method). DERIVATIVES refiner noun …   English terms dictionary

  • refine — refinable, adj. refiner, n. /ri fuyn /, v., refined, refining. v.t. 1. to bring to a fine or a pure state; free from impurities: to refine metal, sugar, or petroleum. 2. to purify from what is coarse, vulgar, or debasing; make elegant or cultured …   Universalium

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