1. of superior or best quality; of high or highest grade: fine wine.
2. choice, excellent, or admirable: a fine painting.
3. satisfactory or acceptable; okay: It's fine with me if you don't want to go.The story is fine for a class assignment but not good enough to publish in the school paper.
4. consisting of minute particles: fine sand;a fine purée.
5. very thin or slender: fine thread.
6. keen or sharp, as a tool: Is the knife fine enough to carve well?
7. delicate in texture; filmy: fine cotton fabric.
8. delicately fashioned: fine tracery.
9. highly skilled or accomplished: a fine musician.
10. trained to the maximum degree, as an athlete.
11. characterized by or affecting refinement or elegance: a fine lady.
12. polished or refined: fine manners.
13. affectedly ornate or elegant: A style so fine repels the average reader.
14. delicate or subtle: a fine distinction.
15. bright and clear: a fine day;fine skin.
16. healthy; well: In spite of his recent illness, he looks fine.
17. showy or smart; elegant in appearance: a bird of fine plumage.
18. good-looking or handsome: a fine young man.
19. (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.
20. (used ironically or as an intensifier) terrible or unacceptable: It’s a fine mess you’ve got us into!Not inviting me—that’s a fine way to treat a friend!

21. in an excellent manner; very well: She's now free of pain and can walk just fine.
22. satisfactorily; acceptably: I did fine but not great on my final exams.
23. very small: She writes so fine I can hardly read it.
24. in such a way that the driven ball barely touches the object ball in passing.
25. as efficiently close as possible into the wind, just short of pinching: sailing fine.

26. to become fine or finer, as by refining.
27. to become less, as in size or proportions; reduce; diminish (often followed by down): The plumpness fines down with exercise.

28. to make fine or finer, especially by refining or pulverizing.
29. 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.
30. to clarify (wines or spirits) by filtration.

31. fines,
• crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen.
• the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.

32. to calculate precisely, especially without allowing for possible error or accident: To finish in ten minutes is to cut it too fine.

1. a sum of money imposed as a penalty for an offense or dereliction: a parking fine.
2. a fee paid by a feudal tenant to the landlord, as on the renewal of tenure.
3. (formerly) a conveyance of land through decree of a court, based upon a simulated lawsuit.
4. 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,
• in short; briefly.
• in conclusion; finally: It was, in fine, a fitting end to the story.

1. the end of a repeated section, whether da capo or dal segno.
2. the end of a composition that consists of several movements.

1. ordinary French brandy, usually with no indication of the maker's name or location.

1. excellent or choice in quality; very good of its kind
2. superior in skill, ability, or accomplishment
3. (of weather) clear and dry
4. enjoyable or satisfying
5. quite well; in satisfactory health
6. satisfactory; acceptable
7. of delicate composition or careful workmanship
8. (of precious metals) pure or having a high or specified degree of purity
9. subtle in perception; discriminating
10. abstruse or subtle
11. very thin or slender
12. very small
13. (of edges, blades, etc) sharp; keen
14. ornate, showy, or smart
15. good-looking; handsome
16. polished, elegant, or refined
17. morally upright and commendable
18. (of a fielding position) oblique to and behind the wicket
19. disappointing or terrible

20. quite well; all right
21. a nonstandard word for finely
22. (of a stroke on the cue ball) so as to merely brush the object ball
23. to allow little margin of time, space, etc

24. to make or become finer; refine
25. to make or become smaller
26. to clarify (wine, etc) by adding finings
27. to hit (a cue ball) fine
28. (of the weather) to become fine

1. a certain amount of money exacted as a penalty
2. a payment made by a tenant at the start of his tenancy to reduce his subsequent rent; premium
3. a sum of money paid by a man to his lord, esp for the privilege of transferring his land to another
4. a method of transferring land in England by bringing a fictitious law suit: abolished 1833
5. in fine
• in short; briefly
• in conclusion; finally

6. to impose a fine on

1. the point at which a piece is to end, usually after a da capo or dal segno
2. an ending or finale

1. brandy of ordinary quality

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