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Word - rootword - affixes
pagpino - pino - pag-~
pag.pi.nu. - 3 syllables

pag- = pagpino
pagpino

pagpino : refine (v.)
pino [pí.nu.] : fine (adj.); refined (adj.)

Derivatives of pino


Glosses:
refine
v. (change)1. down, fine-tune, polish, refineimprove or perfect by pruning or polishing.; "refine one's style of writing"
~ ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, betterto make better.; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
~ over-refine, overrefinerefine too much or with excess of subtlety.; "He is overrefining this matter"
~ civilise, civilize, school, cultivate, educate, trainteach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment.; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
v. (change)2. complicate, elaborate, rarify, refinemake more complex, intricate, or richer.; "refine a design or pattern"
~ alter, change, modifycause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
~ involvemake complex or intricate or complicated.; "The situation was rather involved"
~ developelaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme.; "develop the melody and change the key"
~ sophisticatemake more complex or refined.; "a sophisticated design"
v. (change)3. refinetreat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition.; "refine paper stock"; "refine pig iron"; "refine oil"
~ process, treatsubject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition.; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals"; "treat an oil spill"
v. (change)4. rectify, refinereduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities.; "refine sugar"
~ distill, make pure, purify, sublimateremove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation.; "purify the water"
v. (change)5. refineattenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or validity by polishing or purifying.; "many valuable nutrients are refined out of the foods in our modern diet"
~ attenuatebecome weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude.
v. (change)6. refinemake more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of.; "refine a method of analysis"; "refine the constant in the equation"
~ alter, change, modifycause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
refined
adj. 1. refined(used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel.; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste"
~ civilised, civilizedhaving a high state of culture and development both social and technological.; "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world"
~ elegantrefined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style.; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid"
~ fastidiousgiving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness.; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness"
~ graciouscharacterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit.; "gracious even to unexpected visitors"; "gracious living"; "he bears insult with gracious good humor"
~ polishedperfected or made shiny and smooth.; "his polished prose"; "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"; "freshly polished silver"
~ cultured, genteel, civilised, civilized, polite, cultivatedmarked by refinement in taste and manners.; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"
~ couth(used facetiously) refined.
~ dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, prim, tweeaffectedly dainty or refined.
~ debonair, debonaire, debonnaire, suavehaving a sophisticated charm.; "a debonair gentleman"
~ finespun, delicatedeveloped with extreme delicacy and subtlety.; "the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense"
~ gentlemanlike, gentlemanlybefitting a man of good breeding.; "gentlemanly behavior"
~ ladylikebefitting a woman of good breeding.; "ladylike manners"
~ patricianbefitting a person of noble origin.; "a patrician nose"
~ overrefined, superfineexcessively delicate or refined.
~ well-bred, well-manneredof good upbringing.
adj. 2. processed, refinedfreed from impurities by processing.; "refined sugar"; "refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"
adj. 3. polished, refined, svelte, urbaneshowing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience.; "his polished manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters"
~ sophisticatedhaving or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire.; "sophisticated young socialites"; "a sophisticated audience"; "a sophisticated lifestyle"; "a sophisticated book"
adj. 4. elegant, graceful, refinedsuggesting taste, ease, and wealth.
~ graciouscharacterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit.; "gracious even to unexpected visitors"; "gracious living"; "he bears insult with gracious good humor"
adj. 5. neat, refined, tastefulfree from what is tawdry or unbecoming.; "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset"
~ elegantrefined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style.; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid"