refining
Definitions
Noun
- The process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
Verb
- Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
- Make more complex, intricate, or richer
- Treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition
- Reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
- Attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or validity by polishing or purifying
- Make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of
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Words that sound like the term "refining".
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "refining".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remaining | 3 | 41 |
| 2 | defining | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | retaining | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | reminding | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | reigning | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | regaining | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | resigning | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | rejoining | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | reining | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | refraining | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | redefining | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | reinking | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | breining | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | reinig | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | fining | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | refinishing | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | refinancing | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | reininger | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | refunding | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | refitting | 3 | 0 |
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Term
Definitions: 7
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 163
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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