FINE
\fˈa͡ɪn], \fˈaɪn], \f_ˈaɪ_n]\
Definitions of FINE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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being in good health; "he's feeling all right again"; "I'm fine, how are you?"
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money extracted as a penalty
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in a superior and skilled manner; "the soldiers were fighting finely"
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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"
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(of weather) pleasant; not raining, perhaps with the sun shining; "a fine summer evening"
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minutely precise especially in differences in meaning; "a fine distinction"
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superior to the average; "in fine spirits"; "a fine student"; "made good grades"; "morale was good"; "had good weather for the parade"
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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!"
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; free or impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity; "gold 21 carats fine"
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of texture; being small-grained or smooth to the touch or having fine 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"
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thin in thickness or diameter; "a fine film of oil"; "fine hairs"; "read the fine print"
By Princeton University
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being in good health; "he's feeling all right again"; "I'm fine, how are you?"
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(informal) 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"
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money extracted as a penalty
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in a superior and skilled manner; "the soldiers were fighting finely"
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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"
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(of weather) pleasant; not raining, perhaps with the sun shining; "a fine summer evening"
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minutely precise especially in differences in meaning; "a fine distinction"
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(metallurgy); free or impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity; "gold 21 carats fine"
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superior to the average; "in fine spirits"; "a fine student"; "made good grades"; "morale was good"; "had good weather for the parade"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful.
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Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament; overdressed or overdecorated; showy.
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Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful; dexterous.
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Not coarse, gross, or heavy
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Not gross; subtile; thin; tenous.
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Not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine sand or flour.
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Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread.
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Thin; attenuate; keen; as, a fine edge.
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Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen or silk.
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Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; as, coins nine tenths fine.
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(Used ironically.)
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To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine gold.
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To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.; as. to fine the soil.
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To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually.
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End; conclusion; termination; extinction.
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A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
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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.
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To impose a pecuniary penalty upon for an offense or breach of law; to set a fine on by judgment of a court; to punish by fine; to mulct; as, the trespassers were fined ten dollars.
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To pay a fine. See Fine, n., 3 (b).
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To finish; to cease; or to cause to cease.
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Finely; well; elegantly; fully; delicately; mincingly.
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In a manner so that the driven ball strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be deflected but little, the object ball being driven to one side.
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To become fine (in any one of various senses); as, the ale will fine; the weather fined.
By Oddity Software
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Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful.
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Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament; overdressed or overdecorated; showy.
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Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful; dexterous.
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Not coarse, gross, or heavy
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Not gross; subtile; thin; tenous.
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Not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine sand or flour.
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Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread.
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Thin; attenuate; keen; as, a fine edge.
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Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen or silk.
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Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; as, coins nine tenths fine.
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(Used ironically.)
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To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine gold.
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To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.; as. to fine the soil.
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To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually.
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End; conclusion; termination; extinction.
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A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
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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.
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To impose a pecuniary penalty upon for an offense or breach of law; to set a fine on by judgment of a court; to punish by fine; to mulct; as, the trespassers were fined ten dollars.
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To pay a fine. See Fine, n., 3 (b).
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To finish; to cease; or to cause to cease.
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Finely; well; elegantly; fully; delicately; mincingly.
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In a manner so that the driven ball strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be deflected but little, the object ball being driven to one side.
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To become fine (in any one of various senses); as, the ale will fine; the weather fined.
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A sum of money paid as the settlement of a claim, or by way of terminating a matter in dispute; especially, a payment of money imposed upon a party as a punishment for an offense; a mulct.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Finely.
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Excellent; beautiful; not coarse or heavy; subtle; thin; slender; exquisite; nice; delicate; overdone; showy; splendid.
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A composition; a sum of money imposed as a punishment.
By Daniel Lyons
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Finely.
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To punish by fine; mulct.
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To make or become fine, pure, thin, or slender; with down.
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Excellent; elegant.
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Light or delicate; thin; keen; refined; sensitive; nice; pure.
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Showy.
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A penalty in money.
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The end; finis.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Small; thin; slender; minute; subtile; keen; not coarse; pure; refined; nice; delicate; delicately dextrous; beautiful in thought; handsome; accomplished; excellent; noble; showy; splended; eminent for bad qualities.
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To clarify; to purify. Fine arts, the arts which depend chiefly on the imagination, and whose object is to please, as poetry, music, painting, and sculpture.
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A sum of money imposed by way of penalty for an offence.
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To impose a fine on; to punish by fine. In fine, in conclusion.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A sum of money paid as a penalty, as a punishment, or as the price of exemption; a sum of money paid for obtaining a benefit or privilege, as for obtaining or renewing a lease.
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To impose a penalty on.
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Not coarse; very thin; of small diameter; slender; clear; elegant; beautiful; very handsome.
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To clarify; to free from foreign matter.
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Only used in the adverbial phrase in fine, to conclude; to sum up all.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Latin] End; conclusion;—a final agreement between parties concerning lands and rents; a sum paid for liberty to alienate or transfer land;—a payment imposed as a punishment; a pecuniary penalty; a mulct.
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Refined, pure, free from dross; subtle, thin, as the fine spirits evaporate; refined; keen, smoothly sharp; clear, pellucid, as the wine is fine; nice, delicate; artful, dexterous; elegant, with elevation; beautiful with dignity; accomplished, elegant of manners; showy, splendid.
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A mulct, a pecuniary punishment; penalty; forfeit, money paid for any exemption or liberty; the end, conclusion.
By Thomas Sheridan
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