Definitions of fine [ˈfi neɪ]

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Definition of 'fine'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) fine
of superior or best quality; of high or highest grade; excellent:
fine wine.

2.  fine
consisting of minute particles:
fine sand.

3.  fine
very thin; slender:
fine thread.

4.  fine
keen; sharp, as a tool.

5.  fine
delicate in texture or workmanship:
fine cotton.

6.  fine
highly skilled; accomplished:
a fine musician.

7.  fine
trained to the maximum degree, as an athlete.

8.  fine
characterized by refinement or elegance; polished; refined:
fine manners.

9.  fine
affectedly ornate or elegant.

10.  fine
delicate; subtle:
a fine distinction.

11.  fine
healthy; well.

12.  fine
elegant in appearance; smart.

13.  fine
good-looking; handsome:
a fine young man.

14.  fine
(of a precious metal or its alloy) free from impurities; containing a large amount of pure metal.

15. (adv.) fine
Informal. excellently; very well.

16.  fine
finely; delicately:
fine wrought lettering.

17. (v.i.) fine
to become fine or finer, as by refining.

18. (v.t.) fine
to make fine or finer, esp. by refining or pulverizing.

19.  fine
to reduce the size or proportions of (often used with down or away):
to fine down heavy features.

20.  fine
to clarify (wines or spirits) by filtration.

21. (n.) fine
a sum of money imposed as a penalty for an offense or dereliction:
a parking fine.

22.  fine
a fee paid by a feudal tenant to a landlord, as on the renewal of tenure.

23.  fine
(formerly) a conveyance of land through decree of an English court, based upon a simulated lawsuit.

24.  fine
Archaic. a penalty of any kind.

25. (v.t.) fine
to subject to a fine.

26.  fine
in short; briefly.

27. (n.) fine
Music. the end.

Definition of 'fine'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) fine, mulct, amercement
money extracted as a penalty

2. (adj) all right, fine, o.k., ok, okay, hunky-dory
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
"an all-right movie"; "the passengers were shaken up but are all right"; "is everything all right?"; "everything's fine"; "things are okay"; "dinner and the movies had been fine"; "another minute I'd have been fine"

3. (adj) fine
minutely precise especially in differences in meaning
"a fine distinction"

4. (adj) fine
thin in thickness or diameter
"a fine film of oil"; "fine hairs"; "read the fine print"

5. (adj) fine
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"

6. (adj) fine
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"

7. (verb) fine
free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity
"gold 21 carats fine"

8. (adverb) ticket, fine
issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty
"I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street"; "Move your car or else you will be ticketed!"

9. (adverb) very well, fine, alright, all right, OK
an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence

10. (adverb) finely, fine, delicately, exquisitely
in a delicate manner
"finely shaped features"; "her fine drawn body"

Definition of 'fine'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) fine
good or acceptable
"Is orange juice OK?" "Yes, that's fine thanks."

2.  fine
in good health and happy
"How are you?" "I'm fine thanks."

3.  fine
excellent or of high quality
fine foods

4.  fine
very thin
a fine fabric; Her hair is very fine.

5.  fine
(of weather) sunny
***Tomorrow should be fine, but windy.

6. (adverb) fine
acceptably or well enough
The operation was a success and he's doing fine now.

7. (noun) fine
a payment that must be made as a punishment
I had to pay a $100 fine.

8. (verb) fine
to punish sb by making them pay money
He was fined for parking his car illegally.

Definition of 'fine'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) fine
to make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine gold

2. (adj) fine
to make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.; as. to fine the soil

3. (adj) fine
to change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually

4. (noun) fine
end; conclusion; termination; extinction

5. (noun) fine
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

6. (noun) fine
a final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal

7. (noun) fine
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

8. (noun) fine
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

9.  fine
finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful

10.  fine
aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament; overdressed or overdecorated; showy

11.  fine
nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful; dexterous

12.  fine
not coarse, gross, or heavy

13.  fine
not gross; subtile; thin; tenous

14.  fine
not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine sand or flour

15.  fine
not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread

16.  fine
thin; attenuate; keen; as, a fine edge

17.  fine
made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen or silk

18.  fine
having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; as, coins nine tenths fine

19.  fine
(Used ironically.)

20. (verb) fine
to pay a fine. See Fine, n., 3 (b)

21. (verb) fine
to finish; to cease; or to cause to cease

Definitions of 'fine'

The New Hacker's Dictionary

1. fine
[WPI] Good, but not good enough to be cuspy. The word fine is used elsewhere, of course, but without the implicit comparison to the higher level implied by cuspy.

Translation of 'fine'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (usually of art etc) very good; of excellent quality fine paintings; a fine performance.
Afrikaans: goeie skilderye; knap ver	Arabic: رائِع، مُمْتاز	Bulgarian: прекрасен
Brazilian: belo	Czech: skvělý	German: vorzüglich
Danish: fin; smuk	Greek: ωραίος, εξαίρετος	Spanish: excelente
Estonian: oivaline	Farsi: بسیار خوب	Finnish: hieno
French: beau	Hebrew: טוֹב	Hindi: बढ़िया, अचछा
Croatian: divan, izvrstan, sjajan	Hungarian: finom	Indonesian: bagus
Icelandic: ágætur	Italian: bello	Japanese: 見事な
Korean: 좋은, 멋진	Lithuanian: puikus	Latvian: jauks; lielisks
Malay: sangat bagus	Dutch: voortreffelijk	Norwegian: fin, glimrende
Polish: wspaniały, ładny	Persian: بسیار خوب	Pashto: دیړه ښه
Portuguese: belo	Romanian: bun	Russian: прекрасный
Slovak: skvelý	Slovenian: odličen	Serbian: sjajan
Swedish: fin, utmärkt	Thai: ดีเยี่ยม	Turkish: güzel, mükemmel
Taiwanese: 傑出的	Ukrainian: першокласний, високопробн	Urdu: نفیس ، بہت عمدہ
Vietnamese: tốt	Chinese: 杰出的
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