Fine

Definition:

  • (superl.) Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful.
  • (superl.) Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament; overdressed or overdecorated; showy.
  • (superl.) Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful; dexterous.
  • (superl.) Not coarse, gross, or heavy
  • (superl.) Not gross; subtile; thin; tenous.
  • (superl.) Not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine sand or flour.
  • (superl.) Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread.
  • (superl.) Thin; attenuate; keen; as, a fine edge.
  • (superl.) Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen or silk.
  • (superl.) Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; as, coins nine tenths fine.
  • (superl.) (Used ironically.)
  • (a.) To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine gold.
  • (a.) To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.; as. to fine the soil.
  • (a.) To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually.
  • (n.) End; conclusion; termination; extinction.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (v. i.) To pay a fine. See Fine, n., 3 (b).
  • (v. t.) To finish; to cease; or to cause to cease.

Compare fine with other words:

fine vs. finer

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fife vs. fine

dine vs. fine

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fine vs. sine

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fine vs. kind

fine vs. stupendous

fine vs. fire

fine vs. toll

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feeling vs. fine

fine vs. impoundage

fightwite vs. fine

fine vs. smicker

fine vs. lawny

beauish vs. fine

ardassine vs. fine

fine vs. sarse

fine vs. schlich

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finable vs. fine

fine vs. ganister

fine vs. sagathy

fine vs. soke

fine vs. nitid

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content vs. fine

fine vs. happy

better vs. fine

fine vs. smooth

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fine vs. mobile

bunk vs. fine

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adequate vs. fine

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fine vs. lovely

fine vs. penalty

fine vs. ticket

fine vs. soft

finally vs. fine

fair vs. fine

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aphanite vs. fine

fine vs. hairsplitting

fine vs. hairsplitter

fine vs. finespun

fine vs. merce

fine vs. mercer

fine vs. superfine

fine vs. smolt

fine vs. vernier

ducky vs. fine

byssus vs. fine

fine vs. italian

fine vs. smoked

fine vs. magistery

fine vs. wonderful

fine vs. refinement

fine vs. sconce

fine vs. leptodactylous

fine vs. mund

fine vs. wite

filament vs. fine

fine vs. porphyry

exquisite vs. fine

fine vs. lint

fine vs. intricate

fine vs. picked

dainty vs. fine

fine vs. pilose

fine vs. patent

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cashmere vs. fine

fine vs. velvet

fine vs. purchase

fine vs. mulct

fine vs. levy

concord vs. fine

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fine vs. ill

eric vs. fine

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cease vs. fine

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amerce vs. fine

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fine vs. finite

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filtration vs. fine

beer vs. fine

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brandy vs. fine

fine vs. nicely

fine vs. well

fine vs. pulverised

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fine vs. powdery

fine vs. powdered

fine vs. kosher

fine vs. okay

excellent vs. fine

fine vs. wicket

angle vs. fine

batsman vs. fine

fine vs. particulate

fine vs. minute

fine vs. mint

brave vs. fine

fine vs. misdemeanor

fine vs. imperial

edge vs. fine

alright vs. fine

delicate vs. fine

beauty vs. fine

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fine vs. keen

coarse vs. fine

diaphanous vs. fine

fine vs. nice

doom vs. fine

fine vs. gourmet

fine vs. tall

fine vs. were

cool vs. fine

fine vs. thin

fine vs. tax

fine vs. visual

fine vs. slang

fine vs. pork

context vs. fine

beautiful vs. fine

bow vs. fine

fine vs. going

bologna vs. fine

boot vs. fine

boat vs. fine