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overrefine
Overview of verb overrefine
The verb overrefine has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. overrefine, over-refine -- (refine too much or with excess of subtlety; "He is overrefining this matter")
Grep of noun overrefine
overrefinement
Antonyms of verb overrefine
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb overrefine
1 sense of overrefine
Sense 1
overrefine, over-refine
=> polish, refine, fine-tune, down
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb overrefine
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb overrefine
1 sense of overrefine
Sense 1
overrefine, over-refine
=> polish, refine, fine-tune, down
'Cause To' of verb overrefine
Derived Forms of verb overrefine
1 sense of overrefine
Sense 1
overrefine, over-refine
RELATED TO>(noun) overrefinement#1
=> distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting
Domain of verb overrefine
Domain Terms of verb overrefine
Familiarity of verb overrefine
overrefine used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb overrefine
1 sense of overrefine
Sense 1
overrefine, over-refine
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb overrefine
1 sense of overrefine
Sense 1
overrefine, over-refine
> polish, refine, fine-tune, down
=> overrefine, over-refine
=> educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb overrefine
Sense 1
overrefine, over-refine
=> polish, refine, fine-tune, down
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Grep of verb overrefine
overrefine
Grep of adj overrefine
overrefined
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