Synonyms: elaborate, complicate, refine, rarify
Definition: make more complex, intricate, or richer
Usage: refine a design or pattern
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: refine
Definition: make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of
Usage: refine a method of analysis; refine the constant in the equation
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: refine
Definition: attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or validity by polishing or purifying
Usage: many valuable nutrients are refined out of the foods in our modern diet
Similar words: attenuate
Definition: become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
Synonyms: polish, refine, fine-tune, down
Definition: improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
Usage: refine one's style of writing
Similar words: meliorate, improve, ameliorate, amend, better
Definition: to make better
Usage: The editor improved the manuscript with his changes
Definition: reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
Usage: refine sugar
Similar words: purify, distill, make pure, sublimate
Definition: remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
Usage: purify the water
Synonyms: refine
Definition: treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition
Usage: refine paper stock; refine pig iron; refine oil
Definition: subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
Usage: process cheese; process hair; treat the water so it can be drunk; treat the lawn with chemicals; treat an oil spill