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(re-fin-ing) 3 syllables

Definition

verb. making something better or purer by removing unwanted parts.

Example Sentence

She is refining her drawing skills.

More Example Sentences

Refining the recipe made it taste better.

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Rhymes

  • breining
  • brining
  • dining
  • fining
  • lining
  • mining
  • pining
  • shining
  • signing
  • twining
  • vining
  • whining
  • wining

  • aligning
  • assigning
  • combining
  • confining
  • declining
  • defining
  • designing
  • divining
  • opining
  • reclining
  • refining
  • resigning
  • vanhyning

  • realigning
  • reassigning
  • redefining
  • redesigning
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