[
US
/ˈfaɪn/
]
ADJECTIVE
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minutely precise especially in differences in meaning
a fine distinction -
thin in thickness or diameter
read the fine print
fine hairs
a fine film of oil -
free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity
gold 21 carats fine -
characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment
looking fine in her Easter suit
fine china and crystal
the fine hand of a master
fine wine
a fine gentleman
a fine violinist -
of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles
fine powdery snow
batiste is a cotton fabric with a fine weave
covered with a fine film of dust
fine rain
wood with a fine grain -
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
another minute I'd have been fine
an all-right movie
is everything all right?
everything's fine
things are okay
the passengers were shaken up but are all right
dinner and the movies had been fine
VERB
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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!
ADVERB
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in a delicate manner
her fine drawn body
finely shaped features - an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence
NOUN
- money extracted as a penalty
How To Use fine In A Sentence
- I just know that one beer bash was fine, two was tolerable, and the third was just a way to eat up time on Memorial Day.
- The baby grows fine hair, fingernails and teeth, and the eyes open and close.
- Sir, his definement suffers no perdition in you; though, I know, to divide him inventorially would dizzy the arithmetic of memory, and yet but yaw neither, in respect of his quick sail. Act V. Scene II. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- But many creatures besides humans have thrived without them and continue to do just fine, thank you very much. Smithsonian Mag
- This ought to have been fine - if Phaethon had not been like a rock-star's child with a new red Ferrari, scorching off the track, shrivelling crops, turning forest to desert, doubtless melting ice-caps if the Greeks had known about ice-caps, and only stopping when Zeus called a halt with a well-aimed world-saving thunderbolt. Peter Stothard - Times Online - WBLG:
- You come along with me and I'll introduce you (he's not what you call a refined sort of feller, yer know, 'he explained forbearingly,' but still we've always been friends in a way); you can't stop? The Giant's Robe
- My store-bought long dresses are too "dressy" and made of rayon and other finer fabrics that are not suitable for housework. Sewing Simple Clothing
- Faceless, unqualified reviewers define our work, remove our colleagues from panels and routinely breach confidentiality.
- · “Adult family member” is defined as “a person over 21 years of age who is the parent, grandparent, step-parent living in the household, or legal guardian” of the pregnant teen. Archive 2009-07-01
- There is a fine square here called Madison, in the centre of which trees rise from fountain-watered grass, and statued figures of people who were men in their day and did things, palatial buildings, dignifying commerce, form the square. Impressions of a War Correspondent
