refine

Meanings

• improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
  • "refine one's style of writing"
• make more complex, intricate, or richer
  • "refine a design or pattern"
• treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition
  • "refine paper stock"
  • "refine pig iron"
  • "refine oil"
• reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
  • "refine sugar"
• 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
  • "refine a method of analysis"
  • "refine the constant in the equation"

Synonyms

complicate, down, elaborate, fine-tune, polish, rarify, rectify