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refined

verb
/ɹɪˈfaɪnd/

Definitions

  1. simple past and past participle of refine

    • The raw petroleum was refined into kerosene.

  2. Precise, freed from imprecision

  3. Cultured, freed from vulgarity

    • In the British Isles, Oxbridge is considered refined; Geordie somewhat less so.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Purified, reduced in or freed from impurities

      • Under current guidelines, refined sugar must be at least five times purer than its raw counterpart.

    2. Dealing in a refined product such as sugar or petroleum.

    3. The refined form of a commodity, as opposed to its raw or generic form.

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at refined. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01refined02vulgarity03obscene04lewd05rude06civility07polite08polished

A definitional loop anchored at refined. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at refined

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA