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To make something into something else
“Rundle and Holliday are working to refine the method and find new ways to visualize the data.”
To make free from impurities
“It used to be a real problem to refine sugar before his invention made the process simpler and more profitable.”
To improve in quality or accuracy
“I know that girl would've taken her time to refine her masterpiece, and so should you.”
To put the final or finishing touches to
“As a young man, Pindar went to Athens to complete and refine his poetic education.”
To bring to a higher cultural or civil level or awareness
To change one's attitude for the better
To check a written text for errors in spelling and grammar
Stimulate
To do an act or skill repeatedly in order to perfect it
(in psychoanalytic theory) To divert or modify (an instinctual impulse) into a culturally higher or socially more acceptable activity
To make oneself, or someone or something else, look presentable
To smooth or level out by rubbing or applying friction
To perform a series of actions on something
To encourage or raise the spirits of
(computing) To manipulate data or information with a computer or software
To make smooth or glossy by applying surface pressure
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