meaning of fine
1. Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful.
2. Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament; overdressed or overdecorated; showy.
3. Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful; dexterous.
4. Not coarse, gross, or heavy
5. Not gross; subtile; thin; tenous.
6. Not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine sand or flour.
7. Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread.
8. Thin; attenuate; keen; as, a fine edge.
9. Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen or silk.
10. Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; as, coins nine tenths fine.
11. (Used ironically. )
12. To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine gold.
13. To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc. ; as. to fine the soil.
14. To change by fine gradations; as (Naut. ), to fine down a ships lines, to diminish her lines gradually.
15. End; conclusion; termination; extinction.
16. 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.
17. A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. To pay a fine. See Fine, n. , 3 (b).
21. To finish; to cease; or to cause to cease.
Related Words
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