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[fahyn] Pronunciation Key adjective, fin·er, fin·est, adverb, verb, fined, fin·ing, noun
[fahyn] Pronunciation Key adjective, fin·er, fin·est, adverb, verb, fined, fin·ing, noun –adjective
–adverb
–verb (used without object)
–verb (used with object)
–noun
—Idiom
| 1. | of superior or best quality; of high or highest grade: fine wine. |
| 2. | choice, excellent, or admirable: a fine painting. |
| 3. | consisting of minute particles: fine sand; a fine purée. |
| 4. | very thin or slender: fine thread. |
| 5. | keen or sharp, as a tool: Is the knife fine enough to carve well? |
| 6. | delicate in texture; filmy: fine cotton fabric. |
| 7. | delicately fashioned: fine tracery. |
| 8. | highly skilled or accomplished: a fine musician. |
| 9. | trained to the maximum degree, as an athlete. |
| 10. | characterized by or affecting refinement or elegance: a fine lady. |
| 11. | polished or refined: fine manners. |
| 12. | affectedly ornate or elegant: A style so fine repels the average reader. |
| 13. | delicate or subtle: a fine distinction. |
| 14. | bright and clear: a fine day; fine skin. |
| 15. | healthy; well: In spite of his recent illness, he looks fine. |
| 16. | showy or smart; elegant in appearance: a bird of fine plumage. |
| 17. | good-looking or handsome: a fine young man. |
| 18. | (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. |
| 19. | Informal. in an excellent manner; very well: He did fine on the exams. She sings fine. |
| 20. | very small: She writes so fine I can hardly read it. |
| 21. | Billiards, Pool. in such a way that the driven ball barely touches the object ball in passing. |
| 22. | Nautical. as close as possible to the wind: sailing fine. |
| 23. | to become fine or finer, as by refining. |
| 24. | to become less, as in size or proportions; reduce; diminish (often fol. by down): The plumpness fines down with exercise. |
| 25. | to make fine or finer, esp. by refining or pulverizing. |
| 26. | 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. |
| 27. | to clarify (wines or spirits) by filtration. |
| 28. | fines,
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| 29. | cut fine, to calculate precisely, esp. without allowing for possible error or accident: To finish in ten minutes is to cut it too fine. |
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME fin < AF, OF < L fīnis end, utmost limit, highest point]
] —Synonyms 1. finished, consummate, perfect; select. 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. 3. powdered, pulverized. 5. acute.
—Antonyms 1. inferior.
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[fahyn] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, fined, fin·ing.
[fahyn] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, fined, fin·ing. –noun
–verb (used with object)
—Idiom
| 1. | a sum of money imposed as a penalty for an offense or dereliction: a parking fine. |
| 2. | Law. a fee paid by a feudal tenant to the landlord, as on the renewal of tenure. |
| 3. | English Law. (formerly) a conveyance of land through decree of a court, based upon a simulated lawsuit. |
| 4. | Archaic. a penalty of any kind. |
| 5. | to subject to a fine or pecuniary penalty; punish by a fine: The judge fined him and released him on parole. |
| 6. | in fine,
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[Origin: 1150–1200; ME fin < AF, OF < L fīnis end, ML: settlement, payment]
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fi·ne3
[fee-ney] Pronunciation Key
[fee-ney] Pronunciation Key –noun Music.
| 1. | the end of a repeated section, whether da capo or dal segno. |
| 2. | the end of a composition that comprises several movements. |
[Origin: 1790–1800; < It < L fīnis end]
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[feen] Pronunciation Key
[feen] Pronunciation Key –noun
| ordinary French brandy, usually with no indication of the maker's name or location. |
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| fine 1
(fīn) Pronunciation Key
adj. fin·er, fin·est
adv.
tr. & intr.v. fined, fin·ing, fines To make or become finer, purer, or cleaner. [Middle English fin, from Old French, from Latin fīnis, end, supreme degree.] fine'ness n. |
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| fine 2
(fīn) Pronunciation Key
n.
tr.v. fined, fin·ing, fines To require the payment of a fine from; impose a fine on. [Middle English fin, from Old French, settlement, compensation, from Medieval Latin fīnis, from Latin, end.] fin'a·ble, fine'a·ble adj. |
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| fi·ne 3
(fē'nā) Pronunciation Key
n. Music The end. [Italian, from Latin fīnis, end.] |
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fine (adj.)
fine (adj.)
c.1300, from O.Fr. fin "perfected, of highest quality," from L. finis "end, limit," hence "acme, peak, height," as in finis boni "the highest good." In Fr., the main meaning remains "delicate, intricately skillful;" in Eng. since c.1440 fine is also a general expression of admiration or approval, the equiv. of Fr. beau (cf. fine arts, 1767, translating Fr. beaux-arts). Finery "gaudy decoration" is first attested 1680. Fine print "qualifications and limitations of a deal" first recorded 1960. Fine-tune (v.) is 1969, a back-formation from fine-tuning (1924), originally in reference to radio receivers.
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fine (n.)
fine (n.)
c.1200, "termination," from O.Fr. fin "end," from M.L. finis "a payment in settlement, fine or tax," from L. finis "end." Modern meaning is via sense of "sum of money paid for exemption from punishment or to compensate for injury" (c.1340, from the same sense in Anglo-Fr., 1292) and from phrases such as to make fine "make one's peace, settle a matter" (1297). Meaning "sum of money imposed as penalty for some offense" is first recorded 1529; the verb meaning "to punish by a fine" is from 1559.
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| fine | |
adjective | |
| 1. | 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" [syn: all right] |
| 2. | minutely precise especially in differences in meaning; "a fine distinction" |
| 3. | thin in thickness or diameter; "a fine film of oil"; "fine hairs"; "read the fine print" |
| 4. | 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" |
| 5. | 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" [ant: coarse] |
| 6. | free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity; "gold 21 carats fine" |
adverb | |
| 1. | an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence [syn: very well] |
| 2. | in a delicate manner; "finely shaped features"; "her fine drawn body" [syn: finely] |
noun | |
| 1. | money extracted as a penalty |
verb | |
| 1. | 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!" [syn: ticket] |
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fine
In addition to the idioms beginning with fine, also see come on in (the water's fine); cut it fine; in fine feather.
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Main Entry: fine
Function: noun
Etymology: Anglo-French fin fine & Medieval Latin finis end, boundary, agreement, payment for release or privilege, monetary penalty, from Latin finis end, boundary
1 : a sum imposed as punishment for an offense —compare RESTITUTION
2 : a forfeiture or penalty paid to an injured party in a civil action
Main Entry: fine
Function: noun
Etymology: Anglo-French fin fine & Medieval Latin finis end, boundary, agreement, payment for release or privilege, monetary penalty, from Latin finis end, boundary
1 : a sum imposed as punishment for an offense —compare RESTITUTION
2 : a forfeiture or penalty paid to an injured party in a civil action
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Main Entry: fine
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: fined; fin·ing
: to impose a fine on : punish by fine
Main Entry: fine
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: fined; fin·ing
: to impose a fine on : punish by fine
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adj. [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.
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Fine\, a. [Compar. Finer; superl. Finest.] [F. fin, LL. finus fine, pure, fr. L. finire to finish; cf. finitus, p. p., finished, completed (hence the sense accomplished, perfect.) See Finish, and cf. Finite.]1. Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful. The gain thereof [is better] than fine gold. --Prov. iii. 14. A cup of wine that's brisk and fine. --Shak. Not only the finest gentleman of his time, but one of the finest scholars. --Felton. To soothe the sick bed of so fine a being [Keats]. --Leigh Hunt. 2. Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament; overdressed or overdecorated; showy. He gratified them with occasional . . . fine writing. --M. Arnold. 3. Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful; dexterous. The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine! --Pope. The nicest and most delicate touches of satire consist in fine raillery. --Dryden. He has as fine a hand at picking a pocket as a woman. --T. Gray. 4. Not coarse, gross, or heavy; as: (a) Not gross; subtile; thin; tenous. The eye standeth in the finer medium and the object in the grosser. --Bacon. (b) Not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine sand or flour. (c) Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread. (d) Thin; attenuate; keen; as, a fine edge. (e) Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen or silk. 5. Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; as, coins nine tenths fine. 6. (Used ironically.) Ye have made a fine hand, fellows. --Shak. Note: Fine is often compounded with participles and adjectives, modifying them adverbially; a, fine-drawn, fine-featured, fine-grained, fine-spoken, fine-spun, etc. Fine arch (Glass Making), the smaller fritting furnace of a glasshouse. --Knight. Fine arts. See the Note under Art. Fine cut, fine cut tobacco; a kind of chewing tobacco cut up into shreds. Fine goods, woven fabrics of fine texture and quality. --McElrath. Fine stuff, lime, or a mixture of lime, plaster, etc., used as material for the finishing coat in plastering. To sail fine (Naut.), to sail as close to the wind as possible. Syn: Fine, Beautiful. Usage: When used as a word of praise, fine (being opposed to coarse) denotes no "ordinary thing of its kind." It is not as strong as beautiful, in reference to the single attribute implied in the latter term; but when we speak of a fine woman, we include a greater variety of particulars, viz., all the qualities which become a woman, -- breeding, sentiment, tact, etc. The term is equally comprehensive when we speak of a fine garden, landscape, horse, poem, etc.; and, though applied to a great variety of objects, the word has still a very definite sense, denoting a high degree of characteristic excellence.
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Fine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fined; p. pr. & vb. n. Fining.] [From Fine, a.]1. To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine gold. It hath been fined and refined by . . . learned men. --Hobbes. 2. To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.; as. to fine the soil. --L. H. Bailey. 3. To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually. I often sate at home On evenings, watching how they fined themselves With gradual conscience to a perfect night. --Browning.
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Fine\, n. [OE. fin, L. finis end, also in LL., a final agreement or concord between the lord and his vassal; a sum of money paid at the end, so as to make an end of a transaction, suit, or prosecution; mulct; penalty; cf. OF. fin end, settlement, F. fin end. See Finish, and cf. Finance.]1. End; conclusion; termination; extinction. [Obs.] "To see their fatal fine." --Spenser. Is this the fine of his fines? --Shak. 2. 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. 3. (Law) (a) (Feudal Law) A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal. --Spelman. (b) (Eng. Law) 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. Fine for alienation (Feudal Law), a sum of money paid to the lord by a tenant whenever he had occasion to make over his land to another. --Burrill. Fine of lands, a species of conveyance in the form of a fictitious suit compromised or terminated by the acknowledgment of the previous owner that such land was the right of the other party. --Burrill. See Concord, n., 4. In fine, in conclusion; by way of termination or summing up.
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Fine\, v. t. [From Fine, 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.
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Fine\, v. i. To pay a fine. See Fine, n., 3 (b) . [R.] Men fined for the king's good will; or that he would remit his anger; women fined for leave to marry. --Hallam.
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Fine\, v. t. & i. [OF. finer, F. finir. See Finish, v. t.] To finish; to cease; or to cause to cease. [Obs.]
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Fine\, adv. 1. Finely; well; elegantly; fully; delicately; mincingly. [Obs., Dial., or Colloq.] 2. (Billiards & Pool) In a manner so that the driven ball strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be deflected but little, the object ball being driven to one side.
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Fine\ (f[imac]n), v. i. To become fine (in any one of various senses); as, the ale will fine; the weather fined. To fine away, down, off, gradually to become fine; to diminish; to dwindle. I watched her [the ship] . . . gradually fining down in the westward until I lost of her hull. --W. C. Russel.
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