of superior or best quality; of high or highest grade: fine wine.
choice, excellent, or admirable: a fine painting.
satisfactory or acceptable; okay: It's fine with me if you don't want to go.The story is fine for a class assignment but not good enough to publish in the school paper.
consisting of minute particles: fine sand;a fine purée.
very thin or slender: fine thread.
keen or sharp, as a tool: Is the knife fine enough to carve well?
delicate in texture; filmy: fine cotton fabric.
delicately fashioned: fine tracery.
highly skilled or accomplished: a fine musician.
trained to the maximum degree, as an athlete.
characterized by or affecting refinement or elegance: a fine lady.
polished or refined: fine manners.
affectedly ornate or elegant: A style so fine repels the average reader.
delicate or subtle: a fine distinction.
bright and clear: a fine day;fine skin.
healthy; well: In spite of his recent illness, he looks fine.
showy or smart; elegant in appearance: a bird of fine plumage.
good-looking or handsome: a fine young man.
(of a precious metal or its alloy) free from impurities or containing a large amount of pure metal: fine gold; Sterling silver is 92.5 percent fine.
(used ironically or as an intensifier) terrible or unacceptable: It’s a fine mess you’ve got us into!Not inviting me—that’s a fine way to treat a friend!
adverb
Informal. in an excellent manner; very well: She's now free of pain and can walk just fine.
Informal. satisfactorily; acceptably: I did fine but not great on my final exams.
very small: She writes so fine I can hardly read it.
Billiards, Pool. in such a way that the driven ball barely touches the object ball in passing.
Nautical. as efficiently close as possible into the wind, just short of pinching: sailing fine.
verb (used without object),fined,fin·ing.
to become fine or finer, as by refining.
to become less, as in size or proportions; reduce; diminish (often followed by down): The plumpness fines down with exercise.
verb (used with object),fined,fin·ing.
to make fine or finer, especially by refining or pulverizing.
to reduce the size or proportions of (often used with down or away): to fine down the heavy features; to fine away superfluous matter in a design.
to clarify (wines or spirits) by filtration.
noun
fines,
Mining.crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen.Compare short (def. 29e).
Agriculture.the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
Idioms for fine
cut fine, to calculate precisely, especially without allowing for possible error or accident: To finish in ten minutes is to cut it too fine.
Origin of fine
1
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English ffyn, fin, fyin, from Anglo-French, Old French, from Medieval Latin finus “pure, fine,” from Latin fīnis “end, utmost limit, highest point” (as in fīnis bonōrum et malōrum “the highest good and evil”)
SYNONYMS FOR fine
1 finished, consummate, perfect; select.
4 powdered, pulverized.
6 acute.
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ANTONYMS FOR fine
1 inferior.
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1. Fine,choice,elegant,exquisite are terms of praise with reference to quality. Fine is a general term: a fine horse, person, book.Choice implies a discriminating selection of the object in question: a choice piece of steak.Elegant suggests a refined and graceful superiority that is generally associated with luxury and a cultivated taste: elegant furnishings.Exquisite suggests an admirable delicacy, finish, or perfection: an exquisite piece of lace.
Words nearby fine
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Definition for fine (2 of 4)
fine2
[ fahyn ]
/ faɪn /
noun
a sum of money imposed as a penalty for an offense or dereliction: a parking fine.
Law. a fee paid by a feudal tenant to the landlord, as on the renewal of tenure.
English Law. (formerly) a conveyance of land through decree of a court, based upon a simulated lawsuit.
Archaic. a penalty of any kind.
verb (used with object),fined,fin·ing.
to subject to a fine or pecuniary penalty; punish by a fine: The judge fined him and released him on parole.
Origin of fine
2
First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English fin, from Anglo-French, Old French, from Latin fīnis “end,” Medieval Latin: “settlement, payment”
Definition for fine (3 of 4)
fine3
[ fee-ney ]
/ ˈfi neɪ /
nounMusic.
the end of a repeated section, whether da capo or dal segno.
the end of a composition that consists of several movements.
Origin of fine
3
First recorded in 1790–1800; from Italian, from Latin fīnis “end”
Definition for fine (4 of 4)
fine4
[ feen ]
/ fin /
noun
ordinary French brandy, usually with no indication of the maker's name or location.
Origin of fine
4
First recorded in 1920–25; short for French fine (champagne) de la maison “bar brandy”; cf. Fine Champagne
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