Refined

Quick meaning: Refined is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of refine.

Meaning

simple past and past participle of refine.

More Meanings

1. Precise, freed from imprecision, particularly:
2. Cultured, freed from vulgarity, particularly:
3. Purified, reduced in or freed from impurities, particularly:
4. (of a market) Dealing in a refined product such as sugar or petroleum.
5. (finance) The refined form of a commodity, as opposed to its raw or generic form.

Example Sentences

The raw petroleum was refined into kerosene.

We're still purchasing copper ore, but the market for refined is weaker.

Word Forms

• refineds

Synonyms for refined

Depending on context, synonyms include delicate, gracious, debonair, svelte, genteel, elegant.

Antonyms for refined

Common opposites include crude, unrefined, unprocessed.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sophisticated, couth, cultivated, cultured, well-mannered, polite.

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