Word: refining
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: re
fi
ning
Definition: Refinement (process of refining)
Morphemes:
Affix: re-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: a completive or intensification of the base; up, a-, out
Etymology Compounds: Affix: re-
Language: la
Decoded: re-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: back, backwards
Affix: fine
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: fīniō
Language: la
Decoded: finio
Meaning: to finish
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.