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# refinement

noun (refinements)

«refinement» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Good manners, fine taste and polish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refinement/#m1)
2. A small improvement or fine detail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refinement/#m2)
3. The cleaning of something to make it pure. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refinement/#m3)

### In the lessons

in stories, the elegant manners of gentle people; in science, the cleaning of oil or metal

### Examples

- Her refinement showed in her gentle manners. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refinement/#x1)
- The refinement of crude oil makes it fit for engines. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refinement/#x2)
- The drawing had many small refinements. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refinement/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «refinement» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refinement/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«refinement» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/refinement.html) on Mova free.