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  1. REFINED definition: 1. A refined substance has been made pure by removing other substances from it: 2. improved…. Learn more.

  2. The meaning of REFINED is free from impurities. How to use refined in a sentence.

  3. 1. : to free (something, such as metal, sugar, or oil) from impurities or unwanted material. 2. : to free from moral imperfection : elevate. 3. : to improve or perfect by pruning or polishing. refine a poetic style. 4. : to reduce in vigor or intensity.

  4. adjective. having or showing well-bred feeling, taste, etc.: refined people. Synonyms: elegant, genteel, courtly, civilized, courteous, polite, polished, cultivated. Antonyms: crude, coarse, rude. freed or free from coarseness, vulgarity, etc.: refined taste.

  5. Something that's refined has gone through a process to remove impurities. An oil refinery removes impurities from oil. When a person's refined, they have good manners and good taste.

  6. to bring to a fine or a pure state; free from impurities: to refine metal, sugar, or petroleum. to purify from what is coarse, vulgar, or debasing; make elegant or cultured. to bring to a finer state or form by purifying. to make more fine, subtle, or precise: to refine one's writing style.

  7. 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 changes: Engineers spent many months refining the software.

  8. Define refined. refined synonyms, refined pronunciation, refined translation, English dictionary definition of refined. adj. 1. Free from coarseness or vulgarity; polite. 2. Free of impurities; purified. 3. Precise to a fine degree. American Heritage® Dictionary of the...

  9. 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 changes: Engineers spent many months refining the software.

  10. If you say that someone is refined, you mean that they are very polite and have good manners and good taste. ...refined and well-dressed ladies. His speech and manner are refined.