fine in English dictionary

  • fine

    Meanings and definitions of "fine"

    • Of superior quality.
    • Of a particular grade of quality, usually between very good and very fine, and below mint.
    • (of weather) Sunny and not raining.
    • (informal) Being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory.
    • (informal) Good-looking, attractive.
    • Consisting of especially minute particulate; made up of particularly small pieces.
    • Particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth.
    • Made of slender or thin filaments.
    • Subtle, delicately balanced.
    • (cricket) Behind the batsman and at a small angle to the line between the wickets.
    • expression of agreement
    • Fine champagne; French brandy.
    • (usually plural) something that is fine; fine particles
    • (transitive) to make finer, purer, or cleaner
    • (intransitive) to become finer, purer, or cleaner
    • (transitive) to clarify (wine and beer) by filtration
    • A payment or fee issued as punishment for breaking the law.
    • (transitive) To issue a fine as punishment to (someone).
    • (music) The end of a musical composition.
    • (music) The location in a musical score that indicates the end of the piece, particularly when the piece ends somewhere in the middle of the score due to a section of the music being repeated.
    • adjective
      (heading)
      Of subjective quality.
    • adjective
      (heading)
      Of objective quality.
    • adjective
      (cricket)
      Behind the batsman and at a small angle to the line between the wickets.
    • adjective
      (obsolete)
      Subtle; thin; tenuous.
    • adverb
      expression of agreement
    • adverb
      well, nicely, in a positive way
    • adverb
      (dated, dialect, colloquial)
      Finely; elegantly; delicately.
    • adverb
      (pool, billiards)
      In a manner so that the driven ball strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be barely deflected, the object ball being driven to one side.
    • noun
      Fine champagne; French brandy.
    • noun
      (usually in the plural)
      something that is fine; fine particles
    • noun
      A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      End; conclusion; termination; extinction.
    • noun
      A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
    • noun
      (Britain, law)
      A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease.
    • noun
      (music)
      The end of a musical composition.
    • noun
      (music)
      The location in a musical score that indicates the end of the piece, particularly when the piece ends somewhere in the middle of the score due to a section of the music being repeated.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      to make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      to become finer, purer, or cleaner.
    • verb
      To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.
    • verb
      To change by fine gradations.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      to clarify (wine and beer) by filtration.
    • verb
      (intransitive, dated)
      To become gradually fine; to diminish; to dwindle (with away, down, or off).
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To issue a fine as punishment to (someone).
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To pay a fine.
    • verb
      (obsolete, intransitive)
      To finish; to cease.
    • verb
      (obsolete, transitive)
      To cause to cease; to stop.
    • fine (in the sense of “I’m fine”)
    • fine (eg. thread)
    • fine (eg. flour)
    • Punitive sanction taken against someone who has broken the law.
    • A pecuniary punishment or penalty imposed by lawful tribunal upon person convicted of crime or misdemeanor.
    • fine(-grained)
    • of superior quality
    • of weather: sunny and not raining
    • being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
    • good-looking, attractive
    • made up of particularly small pieces
    • particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth
    • made of slender or thin filaments
    • expression of agreement
    • to make finer, purer, or cleaner
    • to become finer, purer, or cleaner
    • clarify by filtration
    • payment for breaking the law
    • to issue a fine as punishment
    • adjective
      being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "an all-right movie"; "the passengers were shaken up but are all right"; "is everything all right?"; "everything's fine"; "things are okay"; "dinner and the movies had been fine"; "another minute I'd have been fine"
    • adjective
      characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment; "fine wine"; "looking fine in her Easter suit"; "a fine gentleman"; "fine china and crystal"; "a fine violinist"; "the fine hand of a master"
    • adjective
      free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity; "gold 21 carats fine"
    • adjective
      minutely precise especially in differences in meaning; "a fine distinction"
    • adjective
      of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles; "wood with a fine grain"; "fine powdery snow"; "fine rain"; "batiste is a cotton fabric with a fine weave"; "covered with a fine film of dust"
    • adjective
      thin in thickness or diameter; "a fine film of oil"; "fine hairs"; "read the fine print"
    • adverb
      an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence
    • adverb
      in a delicate manner; "finely shaped features"; "her fine drawn body"
    • noun
      money extracted as a penalty
    • verb
      issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty; "I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street"; "Move your car or else you will be ticketed!"

    Synonyms of "fine" in English dictionary

    delicately, pure, book are the top synonyms of "fine" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "fine" in English dictionary

    coarse, ugly, bad are the top antonyms of "fine" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of fine

    • fine ( plural  fines)
    • fine ( third-person singular simple present fines, present participle fining, simple past and past participle fined)
    • lp  liczba pojedyncza fine, lm  liczba mnoga fines st. wyższy  stopień wyższy finer; st. najwyższy  stopień najwyższy finest nieodm.  nieodmienny fine, did fined, he fines, be fining
    • fine ( comparative finer, superlative finest)
    • fine ( comparative more fine, superlative most fine)
    • fine (comparative finer, superlative finest)
    • fine (comparative more fine, superlative most fine)
    • fine (plural fines)
    • fine (third-person singular simple present fines, present participle fining, simple past and past participle fined)
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