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Synonyms for refine
Synonyms for refine: elaborate and smelt. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for refine
Interchangeable with refine in this sense
Audited under refine's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one refine carries in that sense.
- elaborateverb, in the sense "make more complex, intricate, or richer"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name refine as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- smeltsmelt is a verb in the sense "to melt ore in order to extract a pure metal from it"
The first group is filed under refine's own sense. The second reaches refine from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
make more complex, intricate, or richer
Refine a design or pattern.
The true synonym
elaborate
Same sentence, swapped: Elaborate a design or pattern.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot refine is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- rectify
- alienate
- revolutionize
Where refine turns up in the game
refine is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where refine is the trap
- transmuteverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is convert, in the sense "to change in form, nature, or substance into something else, especially by a mysterious or magical process", and refine is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play refine
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so refine reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because change is the company refine keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. refine carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.