refined


Meanings

  • improve or perfect by pruning or polishing;
  • make more complex, intricate, or richer;
  • treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition;
  • reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities;
  • attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or validity by polishing or purifying;
    • "many valuable nutrients are refined out of the foods in our modern diet"
  • make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of;
  • (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel;
    • "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"
    • "refined people with refined taste"
  • freed from impurities by processing; - Shakespeare
    • "refined sugar"
    • "refined oil"
    • "to gild refined gold"
  • showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience;
  • suggesting taste, ease, and wealth
  • free from what is tawdry or unbecoming;


Scrabble Score: 11

refined is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

refined is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

refined is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 12

refined is a valid Words With Friends word