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refinery

English

Etymology

refine +? -ery

Noun

refinery (plural refineries)

  1. A building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil, or metals.

Related terms

  • refine
  • refinement

Translations

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refine

English

Etymology

re- +? fine

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???fa?n/
  • Rhymes: -a?n
  • Hyphenation: re?fine

Verb

refine (third-person singular simple present refines, present participle refining, simple past and past participle refined)

  1. (transitive) To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities.
  2. (intransitive) To become pure; to be cleared of impure matter.
  3. (transitive) To purify of coarseness, vulgarity, inelegance, etc.; to polish.
  4. (transitive, intransitive) To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
  5. (transitive) To make nice or subtle.

Related terms

  • refinable
  • refinement
  • refiner
  • refinery

Translations

Further reading

  • refine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • refine in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

  • Feiner, enfire, ferine, fineer

Portuguese

Verb

refine

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of refinar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of refinar
  3. first-person singular imperative of refinar
  4. third-person singular imperative of refinar

Spanish

Verb

refine

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of refinar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of refinar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of refinar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of refinar.

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