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Adjective: fine (finer,finest) fIn- Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
"everything's fine"; "dinner and the movies had been fine"; "another minute I'd have been fine" - all right, o.k., ok, okay, hunky-dory - Minutely precise especially in differences in meaning
"a fine distinction" - Thin in thickness or diameter
"a fine film of oil"; "fine hairs"; "read the fine print" - 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" - 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" - Free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity
"gold 21 carats fine" Adverb: fine fIn- An expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence
- very well, alright, all right, OK - In a delicate manner
"her fine drawn body" - finely, delicately, exquisitely Noun: fine fIn- Money extracted as a penalty
- mulct, amercement [archaic] Verb: fine fIn- Issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty
"I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street" - ticket
Derived forms: fining, finest, fined, fines, finer See also: close, close-grained, dustlike, elegant, fine-grained, finely, fineness, floury, nongranular, powdered, powdery, precise, pulverised [Brit], pulverized, pure, satisfactory, small, small-grained, smooth, superfine, texture, thin, tight Type of: book, penalty Antonym: coarse Encyclopedia: Fine, After Rain! Fine Fine, New York Fine, John Sydney |