Define vs. Refine
Defineverb
To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly.
Defineverb
(obsolete) To settle, decide an argument etc.
Defineverb
To express the essential nature of something.
Defineverb
To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol.
Defineverb
To describe, explain, or make definite and clear.
Defineverb
To demark sharply the outlines or limits of an area or concept.
Defineverb
(mathematics) To establish the referent of a term or notation.
Definenoun
(programming) A kind of macro in source code that replaces one text string with another wherever it occurs.
Defineverb
To fix the bounds of; to bring to a termination; to end.
Defineverb
To determine or clearly exhibit the boundaries of; to mark the limits of; as, to define the extent of a kingdom or country.
Defineverb
To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly; as, the defining power of an optical instrument.
Defineverb
To determine the precise signification of; to fix the meaning of; to describe accurately; to explain; to expound or interpret; as, to define a word, a phrase, or a scientific term.
Defineverb
To determine; to decide.
Defineverb
give a definition for the meaning of a word;
Defineverb
determine the essential quality of
Defineverb
determine the nature of;
Defineverb
delineate the form or outline of;
Defineverb
state or describe exactly the nature, scope, or meaning of
Defineverb
give the meaning of (a word or phrase), especially in a dictionary
Defineverb
make up or establish the character or essence of
Defineverb
mark out the boundary or limits of
Defineverb
make clear the outline of; delineate
Refineverb
(transitive) To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities
Refineverb
(intransitive) To become pure; to be cleared of impure matter.
Refineverb
(transitive) To purify of coarseness, vulgarity, inelegance etc.; to polish.
Refineverb
(ambitransitive) To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
Refineverb
(transitive) To make nice or subtle
Refineverb
To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to defecate; as, to refine gold or silver; to refine iron; to refine wine or sugar.
Refineverb
To purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or exellent; to polish; as, to refine the manners, the language, the style, the taste, the intellect, or the moral feelings.
Refineverb
To become pure; to be cleared of feculent matter.
Refineverb
To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
Refineverb
To affect nicety or subtilty in thought or language.
Refineverb
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing;
Refineverb
make more complex, intricate, or richer;
Refineverb
treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition;
Refineverb
reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities;
Refineverb
attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or validity by polishing or purifying;
Refineverb
make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of;
Refineverb
remove impurities or unwanted elements from (a substance), typically as part of an industrial process
Refineverb
make minor changes so as to improve or clarify (a theory or method)
