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[ verb ] improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
Examples "refine one's style of writing" Used in print (Eugene Burdick, "The Invisible Aborigine"...)Everything was burnished with sweat and grease so_that all_of the objects seemed to have been carved from the same material and to be ageless . Related terms better decorate educate over-refine gloss_over whitewash polish rub |
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[ noun ] the property of being smooth and shiny
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