1. Present participle and gerund of refine

refining (plural refinings)

1. Refinement (process of refining)
   • 1931, John de Boer, The Theory of Knowledge of the Cambridge Platonists, page 64:

     Then after that process which Culverwel describes as so many strainings, refinings, and clarifyings, the mind is prepared for a true insight into the real nature of the world by way of intuition.