fine
IPA: fˈaɪn
noun
- Fine champagne; French brandy.
- (usually in the plural) Something that is fine; fine particles.
- A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law.
- (obsolete) Money paid by a tenant on the commencement of a tenancy so that his or her rent may be small or nominal.
- (Cambridge University slang) A drink that must be taken during a meal or as part of a drinking game, following an announcement that anyone who has done some (usually outrageous) deed is to be fined; similar to I have never; commonly associated with swaps; very similar to a sconce at Oxford University, though a fine is the penalty itself rather than the act of issuing it.
- (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.
- (obsolete) End; conclusion; termination; extinction.
- (feudal law) A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
- (UK, 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.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify.
- (intransitive) To become finer, purer, or cleaner.
- To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.
- To change by fine gradations.
- (transitive) To clarify (wine and beer) by filtration.
- (intransitive, dated) To become gradually fine; to diminish; to dwindle (with away, down, or off).
- (transitive) To issue a fine as punishment to (someone).
- (intransitive) To pay a fine.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To finish; to cease.
- (obsolete, transitive) To cause to cease; to stop.
adjective
- Senses referring to subjective quality.
- Of superior quality.
- (ironic) Impressively bad, inappropriate, or unsatisfactory.
- (informal) Being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory.
- (informal) Good-looking, attractive.
- Subtle, delicately balanced or discriminated.
- (obsolete) Showy; overdecorated.
- Delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; dexterous.
- An answer often used to cover an unnecessary explanation, rather to avoid conflict or an argument. Saying "I'm fine" can be used to avoid inquiry when the speaker is not really okay.
- Senses referring to objective quality.
- Of a particular grade of quality, usually between very good and very fine, and below mint.
- (of weather) Sunny and not raining.
- Consisting of especially minute particulates; made up of particularly small pieces.
- Particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth.
- Made of slender or thin filaments.
- Having a (specified) proportion of pure metal in its composition.
- (cricket) Behind the batsman and at a small angle to the line between the wickets.
- (obsolete) Subtle; thin; tenuous.
adverb
- Expression of (typically) reluctant or agreement.
- Well, nicely, in a positive, agreeable way.
- (dated, dialect, colloquial) Finely; elegantly; delicately.
- (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.
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Examples of "fine" in Sentences
- "Oh, fine, _fine_!" murmured one of the Lockwood twins.
- I was drawin 'fine -- _fine_, I tell you, and I couldn't miss. "
- AND [fine] = @original_fine CREATE PROCEDURE bit, @fine money As INSERT INTO
- The term fine arts is equivalent to the older French term beaux arts, meaning beautiful arts.
- "The war is fine, _fine_, FINE, though I don't get near the fineness except in the pages of _Punch_."
- Their action was intended as a play on the word "almond" in French - amande, which is close to the word "fine" - amende.
- _Avoir beau_ + infinitive is ironical, and elliptical for _avoir beau temps pour_, i.e. to have a fine opportunity, but to no purpose; cf. the English ‘it is all very _fine_ for you to tell him.’
- & amabimus; amabimus, & laudabimus. £cce, duod ericinfine fine fine* Nam quis alius nofter eft nnis » nifi per venire ad Regnum, cu jus nullus eft finis „, » t Hiic JanStis AugufiinHS libro 22. de Civitate Det f capite ultitno.,
- He was not a turner of fine periods -- he was not a _fine writer_ -- but he wrote with strength, precision, and lucidity; and his compositions, even where they failed to produce conviction, could never be read without creating respect for the masculine talents of their author ......
- The train of reasoning which led them to justify the imposition of a fine was somewhat in this wise: To _impose a fine_ would be to take blood-money, and would be immoral and iniquitous: to _accept the offer of a present_ on condition that the sentence should be entirely remitted however would be quite another thing.
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