What is another word for refining?
Pronunciation:
[ ɹɪfˈa͡ɪnɪŋ], [ ɹɪfˈaɪnɪŋ], [ ɹ_ɪ_f_ˈaɪ_n_ɪ_ŋ]
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Similar words for refining:
- cleansing (adjective)
- cultural (adjective)
- edifying (adjective)
- enlightening (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- cleansing (noun)
- distillation (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- process (noun)
- improving (verb)
- purifying (verb)
- simplifying (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Refining:
adj.
• cleansing (adjective) • cultural (adjective) • edifying (adjective) • enlightening (adjective) • Other relevant words: (adjective)n.
• cleansing (noun) • distillation (noun) • Other relevant words: (noun) • process (noun)v.
• improving (verb) • purifying (verb) • simplifying (verb)Other synonyms:
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- enlightening.
- cracking,
- expounding,
- molding,
- combustion,
- fusion,
- ennobling,
- liquefaction,
- brighten,
- Smelting,
- refinement,
- purify,
- refine,
- erection,
- clarify,
- Distilling,
- elaboration,
- refines,
- Ambustion,
- civilized,
- cautery,
- building,
- improve,
- devising,
- handiwork,
- define,
- Enlarging,
- Tepefaction,
- Torrefaction,
- polite,
- educated,
- denote,
- calefaction,
- fabrication,
- chastening,
- agriculture,
- manufacture,
- ameliorating,
- Graduating,
- civilize,
- workmanship,
- decontaminating,
- Incension,
- incineration,
- rarifying,
- elegance,
- rectify,
- Glossing,
- formation,
- calcination,
- explain,
- perplexing,
- Smoothing,
- craftsmanship,
- tinge,
- mining,
- tweaking,
- oxidation,
- describe,
- solve,
- preparation,
- expound,
- developing,
- enlighten,
- making,
- milling,
- Rectifying,
- gentility,
- carbonization,
- caviling,
- civilization,
- defecate,
- culture,
- civilisation,
- nicety,
- creation,
- downing,
- delicacy,
- suttee,
- Educating,
- cultivation,
- self-immolation,
- growing,
- finish,
- consuming,
- nuance,
- Fining,
- cauterization,
- cremation,
- Dilating,
- Elutriating,
- Expurgating,
- landing,
- become clear,
- clarification,
- screen,
- melting,
- assembly,
- Cineration,
- purification,
- scorching,
- blazing,
- Defecating,
- Ustulation,
- cloud,
- casting,
- Cupellation,
- Treating,
- composition,
- clear,
- cultivate,
- Extracting,
- processing,
- explicate,
- harvesting,
- Deflagration,
- blistering,
- Scorification,
- conversion,
- breeding,
- ghost,
- chasten,
- condensing,
- expatiating,
- burning,
- urbanizing,
- formulation,
- raising,
- devouring,
- calibrating,
- elucidate,
- apparition,
- cleanse,
- color,
- interpret,
- Lixiviating,
- Accension,
- decipher,
- subtlety,
- handicraft,
- genteelness,
- clearing,
- tint,
- Complicating,
- filtration,
- killing,
- sanitization,
- increase of temperature,
- polish,
- prefabrication,
- smelt,
- hue,
- humane,
- construction,
- Rarefying,
- heating,
- Concremation,
- extraction,
- architecture,
- shade,
- shadow,
- defecation,
- decontamination.
How to use "Refining" in context?
Refining is a process in which something is made into a finer or more pure form. This can be done through a variety of means, including but not limited to: crushing and milling the material, distillation, and a range of vacuum and chemical treatments.
The ability to refine a commodity is vital to a country's economy and security. Refining provides an essential source of revenue and jobs, and is an essential step in the production of many goods. It also enables countries to maintain a dominant position in the global marketplace.
Refining can be done anywhere there is a demand for a particular product.
Paraphrases for Refining:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
refine, refinement.
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Noun, singular or mass
refinement.
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Proper noun, singular
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
processing.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
extraction, perfection, purification, purifying, revision, sophistication, transformation, Perfecting, reprocessing, grow-out.
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Verb, past tense
played.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
aligning, altering, ameliorating, augmenting, bettering, bringing, broadening, changing, complete, completing, continuing, crystallizing, designing, detailing, determining, develop, devising, disclosing, editing, expanding, fixing, informing, laying, narrowing, perfect, pointing, polishing, processing, putting, refocusing, revising, revision, saying, shaping, showing, spelling, tailoring, telling, tightening, updating, vary, Adjudicating, Advising, Alleviating, Amending, Articulating, Ascertaining, Boosting, Citing, Declaring, Describing, Elaborating, Enriching, Explaining, Extracting, Furthering, Honing, Mentioning, Modernizing, Needing, Noting, Outlining, Perfecting, Placing, profiling, Consolidating, Prescribing, Stating, Stipulating, Suggesting, stipulates, stressing, finalizing, documenting, clarifies, reinforcing, replicating, reviewing, specifies, restructuring, rethinking, featuring, reshaping, readjusting, redefining, redesigning, targeting, reorienting, optimizing, debugging, finalising.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
refinery, Refineries.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
fine-tune, identifying, Sharpening.
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Proper noun, singular
Homophones for Refining:
- raving, rubens, rabbinic, raphanus, raffinose, reviving, ravening, roping, repining, revenge, ribbing, refinance, ripping, rap music, roofing, robbins, rubbing, ripeness, refinish, roving, rappahannock, ropiness, reaping hook, ravenous, ripening.
Hypernym for Refining:
n.
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process
rectification.
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process
Hyponym for Refining:
n.
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process
processing.
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process
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