[verb] [T] - to make pure or improve, esp. by removing unwanted materialCrude oil is industrially refined to purify it and separate out the different elements, such as benzene.If you refine (on) your ideas/methods you make small changes that make them more correct and clear.
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Meaning of REFINE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012