fine

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  Geppetto Carried Off His Fine Piece of Wood
• WordNet 3.6
  • 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"
  • adj fine minutely precise especially in differences in meaning "a fine distinction"
  • adj fine free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity "gold 21 carats fine"
  • adj fine 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"
  • 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"
  • adj fine thin in thickness or diameter "a fine film of oil","fine hairs","read the fine print"
  • adv fine an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence
  • adv fine in a delicate manner "finely shaped features","her fine drawn body"
  • v 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!"
  • n fine money extracted as a penalty
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Making a fine point

Fine feathers make fine birds

To see a fine Lady get on a white Horse

o he put on all his Fine Clothes

Some fine Free Hitting

"'IT'S FINE, BUNNY,' SHE CRIED"

I see a baker's been fined ten pounds for selling bread less than twelve hours old

Fine Adjustment Valve

• Interesting fact: Men are able to read fine print better than women can
• • Fine (Law) A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
  • Fine (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 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.
  • fine Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament; overdressed or overdecorated; showy. "He gratified them with occasional . . . fine writing."
  • Fine End; conclusion; termination; extinction. "To see their fatal fine .""Is this the fine of his fines?"
  • Fine Finely; well; elegantly; fully; delicately; mincingly.
  • fine 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.""A cup of wine that's brisk and fine .""Not only the finest gentleman of his time, but one of the finest scholars.""To soothe the sick bed of so fine a being [Keats]."
  • fine Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; as, coins nine tenths fine .
  • Fine (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.
  • fine Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen or silk.
  • fine Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful; dexterous. "The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine !""The nicest and most delicate touches of satire consist in fine raillery.""He has as fine a hand at picking a pocket as a woman."
  • fine Not coarse, gross, or heavy
  • fine Not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine sand or flour.
  • fine Not gross; subtile; thin; tenous.
  • fine Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread.
  • fine Thin; attenuate; keen; as, a fine edge.
  • Fine 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."
  • v. t. & i Fine To finish; to cease; or to cause to cease.
  • v. t 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.
  • Fine To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine gold. "It hath been fined and refined by . . . learned men."
  • Fine To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.; as. to fine the soil.
  • v. i Fine To pay a fine. See Fine n., 3 . "Men fined for the king's good will; or that he would remit his anger; women fined for leave to marry."
  • fine Used ironically "Ye have made a fine hand, fellows."
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• Interesting fact: Swearing at someone over the phone in virginia is punishable by a $100 fine.
• • n fine End; termination; conclusion.
  • n fine Specifically The end of life; death.
  • n fine In old English law, a judicial proceeding, often fictitious, resorted to merely as a mode of conveyance of land. The persons concerned in the transfer were made parties to a fictitious action, in which the transferrer solemnly acknowledged the land to be the property of the transferee, thus by apparent compromise putting an end to the suit. It was used very commonly as a means of putting an end to an entail.
  • n fine In feudal law: A final agreement between persons concerning lands or rents, or between the lord and his vassal prescribing the conditions on which the latter should hold his lands.
  • n fine A sum of money paid by custom by a tenant to his lord, nominally as a gratuity, and distinct from rent. This custom belongs solely to feudal tenures and to those modified by the feudal law, as copyholds. Fines were paid usually at a transfer of the tenant's estate by alienation or succession, but sometimes on other occasions, as at the death of the lord.
  • n fine The exaction of a money payment as a punishment for an offense or a dereliction of any kind; a mulct: as, a fine for assault; the fines prescribed in the constitution of a society.
  • n fine The sum of money so exacted.
  • n fine An agreement to do something, as in reparation or restitution; composition; atonement; penance.
  • n fine In conclusion; to conclude; to sum up.
  • fine To bring to an end.
  • fine To subject to a pecuniary penalty; set a fine upon, as by judgment of a court or by any competent authority; punish by fine: as, jurors are fined for non-attendance; absent members are fined.
  • fine To pay by way of fine or fee.
  • fine To pledge; pawn.
  • fine To condemn; pronounce judgment against.
  • fine To come to an end; end; cease.
  • fine To pay a fine; procure acknowledgment of one's right or claim by pecuniary compensation.
  • fine In general, finished; consummate; perfect in form or quality; polished, adroit, in manner or action; delicate, slender, minute, thin, rare, in size, proportion, or consistence: opposed to coarse, gross, crude, rough, unfinished, etc.
  • fine Specifically Excellent or perfect in form, style, or aspect; beautiful; attractive; showy: as, a man of fine appearance; a fine horse; a fine house or landscape; a fine display of flags.
  • fine Exquisite or elegant in manner, action, appearance, or use; making or constituting an attractive or imposing display; aiming to please; pleasing; gratifying: as, a fine lady or gentleman; fine feathers make fine birds; fine clothes or furniture.
  • fine Perfect or excellent in kind; suitable or admirable in character or quality; very fit or proper; superior: as, fine roads; fine weather; fine sport; a fine entertainment.
  • fine Of exquisite quality; refined; choice; elegant; delicate; dainty: as, a fine compliment; a fine wine; fine workmanship; fine texture; fine manners.
  • fine Attracting pleased or interested attention; admirable; notable; remarkable; striking: often ironical: as, some fine day you will discover your mistake.
  • fine Expert in knowledge or action; accomplished; skilled or skilful; adroit; apt; handy: as, a fine actor or musician; a fine scholar or workman.
  • fine Delicate in perception or feeling; nicely discriminating; acutely susceptible to impressions: as, a fine wit; a fine taste; a fine sense of color.
  • fine Minutely precise or exact; subtle: as, a fine distinction; a fine point in an argument.
  • fine Free from foreign matter; without dross or feculence or other impurities; clear; pure; refined: as, fine gold; fine oil.
  • fine Delicate or choice in material, texture, or style; light, thin, elegant, tasteful, etc., according to the nature of the thing spoken of: as, fine silk or wool; fine linen or cambric.
  • fine Thin in consistence; subtile; rare; tenuous: as, fine spirits evaporate rapidly.
  • fine Consisting of minute particles, grains, drops, flakes, etc.: as, fine sand or flour; fine rain or snow; fine shot.
  • fine Very small in girth or diameter; slender; attenuated: as, fine thread; fine wire; a fine hair; a fine needle.
  • fine Keen; sharp; easily penetrating: as, the fine edge of a razor; a fine point, as of a needle or a thorn.
  • fine Sheer; mere; pure; absolute: in the old phrase fine force.
  • fine A casting from a mold in the preparation of which special care has been taken. See figure-casting.
  • fine To make fine or pure; purify; clarify; refine: as, to fine gold or silver; to fine wine.
  • fine To make fine or slender; make less coarse: as, to fine grass.
  • fine To change by imperceptible degrees; cause to pass by fine gradations to another or more perfect state.
  • fine To become fine or pure; become clear, as by depositing sediment: often followed by down.
  • fine To become fine or thin; melt or fade.
  • fine Finely; well: as, I wad like fine to do it.
  • fine Delicately; cautiously.
  • n fine In musical notation, the word indicating the end of a repeated section, whether da capo or dal segno; also, the end of a composition in several sections.
  • fine In ship-building, to reduce the lateral dimensions of a vessel below the water-line.
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• Interesting fact: "Fine turkey" and "honeycomb" are terms used for different qualities and textures of sponges.
• • adj Fine fīn excellent: beautiful: not coarse or heavy: subtle: thin: slender: exquisite: nice: delicate: overdone: showy: splendid: striking or remarkable (often ironically): pure, refined: consisting of small particles; sharp, keen
  • v.t Fine to make fine: to refine: to purify: to change by imperceptible degrees
  • adv Fine (Scot.) for finely, well
  • n Fine fīn a composition: a sum of money imposed as a punishment
  • v.t Fine to impose a fine on: to punish by fine:
  • v.t Fine (Shak.) to pledge or pawn
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• Leonard Louis Levinson

  

  “He is a fine friend. He stabs you in the front.”
• Winston Churchill

  

  “It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.”
• Joseph Conrad

  

  “As to honor -- you know -- it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasn't theirs.”
• Edward Albee

  

  “I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humor.”
• James Fenton

  

  “Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done.”
• Moliere

  

  “Oh how fine it is to know a thing or two!”

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