fine

A1
Pronunciation
/fæːn/
/faɪn/
/faɪn/
/ˈfiːneɪ/
Noun
8 definition(s)
1 Definition

Fine champagne; French brandy.

2 Definition

(usually in the plural) Something that is fine; fine particles.

Example Sentences
  • They filtered silt and fines out of the soil.
3 Definition

A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law.

Example Sentences
  • The fine for jay-walking has gone from two dollars to thirty in the last fifteen years.
4 Definition

The end of a musical composition.

5 Definition

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.

6 Definition

End; conclusion; termination; extinction.

7 Definition

A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.

8 Definition

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.

Verb
10 definition(s)
1 Definition

To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify.

Example Sentences
  • to fine gold
2 Definition

To become finer, purer, or cleaner.

3 Definition

To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.

Example Sentences
  • to fine the soil
4 Definition

To change by fine gradations.

Example Sentences
  • to fine down a ship's lines, i.e. to diminish her lines gradually
5 Definition

To clarify (wine and beer) by filtration.

6 Definition

To become gradually fine; to diminish; to dwindle (with away, down, or off).

7 Definition

To issue a fine as punishment to (someone).

Example Sentences
  • She was fined a thousand dollars for littering, but she appealed.
8 Definition

To pay a fine.

9 Definition

To finish; to cease.

10 Definition

To cause to cease; to stop.

Adjective
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

Senses referring to subjective quality.

2 Definition

Senses referring to objective quality.

3 Definition

Behind the batsman and at a small angle to the line between the wickets.

Example Sentences
  • [...] to nudge it through the covers (or tickle it down to fine leg) for a four [...]
4 Definition

Subtle; thin; tenuous.

Adverb
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

Expression of (typically) reluctant agreement.

2 Definition

Well, nicely, in a positive way.

Example Sentences
  • Everything worked out fine.
3 Definition

Finely; elegantly; delicately.

4 Definition

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.