refine
Pronunciation change
- IPA (key): /rɪˈfaɪn/
Audio (UK) (file) - Hyphenation: re‧fine
Verb change
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- When someone refines something, they make it better.
- We need to refine our way of organizing this office.
- When people refine a food or other thing, they make it purer.
- They take sugar cane and refine it to make white sugar.