fine.
Senses referring to subjective quality.
Meaning & usage
Senses referring to subjective quality. Of superior quality.
The tree frog that they encountered was truly a fine specimen.
Only a really fine wine could fully complement Lucía's hand-made pasta.
Senses referring to subjective quality. Impressively bad, inappropriate, or unsatisfactory.
You're a fine one to talk about laziness.
Here's another fine mess you've gotten us into.
Senses referring to subjective quality. Being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory; having one's well-being be no cause for concern.
How are you today? – Fine.
Will this one do? It's got a dent in it. – Yeah, it'll be fine, I guess.
Senses referring to subjective quality. Good-looking, attractive.
That man is so fine that I'd jump into his pants without a moment's hesitation.
Senses referring to subjective quality. Subtle, delicately balanced or discriminated.
Senses referring to subjective quality. Showy; overdecorated.
Senses referring to subjective quality. Delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; dexterous.
Senses referring to subjective quality. An answer often used to cover an unnecessary explanation, rather to avoid conflict or an argument. Saying "I'm fine" can be used to avoid inquiry when the speaker is not really okay.
Do you want to talk about what happened? – [sharply, with annoyance or discomfort] I'm fine!
Senses referring to objective quality. Of a particular grade of quality, usually between very good and very fine, and below mint.
The small scratch meant that his copy of “X-Men #2” was merely fine when it otherwise would have been “near mint”.
Senses referring to objective quality. Sunny and not raining.
Senses referring to objective quality. Consisting of especially minute particulates; made up of particularly small pieces.
Grind it into a fine powder.
When she touched the artifact, it collapsed into a heap of fine dust.
Senses referring to objective quality. Particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth.
The threads were so fine that you had to look through a magnifying glass to see them.
Senses referring to objective quality. Made of slender or thin filaments.
They protected themselves from the small parasites with a fine wire mesh.
Senses referring to objective quality. Having a (specified) proportion of pure metal in its composition.
Coins nine tenths fine.
Behind the batsman and at a small angle to the line between the wickets.
[…]to nudge it through the covers (or tickle it down to fine leg) for a four[…]
Subtle; thin; tenuous.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English fin, fyn, from Old French fin (“fine, minute, exact”), of obscure origin, but probably derived from Latin fīnīre (“to finish”) or fīnis (“boundary, limit, end”), with an abstract sense of fine or thin also arising in many Romance languages (compare Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish fino). Doublet of fino.
Well, nicely, in a positive, agreeable way.
Everything worked out fine.
Finely; elegantly; delicately.
In a manner so that the driven ball strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be barely deflected, the object ball being driven to one side.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English fin, fyn, from Old French fin (“fine, minute, exact”), of obscure origin, but probably derived from Latin fīnīre (“to finish”) or fīnis (“boundary, limit, end”), with an abstract sense of fine or thin also arising in many Romance languages (compare Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish fino). Doublet of fino.
Expression of (typically) reluctant or agreement.
Expression of (typically) reluctant acceptance, without further argument or discussion, of another person's viewpoint.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English fin, fyn, from Old French fin (“fine, minute, exact”), of obscure origin, but probably derived from Latin fīnīre (“to finish”) or fīnis (“boundary, limit, end”), with an abstract sense of fine or thin also arising in many Romance languages (compare Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish fino). Doublet of fino.
Fine champagne; French brandy.
Something that is fine; fine particles.
They filtered silt and fines out of the soil.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English fin, fyn, from Old French fin (“fine, minute, exact”), of obscure origin, but probably derived from Latin fīnīre (“to finish”) or fīnis (“boundary, limit, end”), with an abstract sense of fine or thin also arising in many Romance languages (compare Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish fino). Doublet of fino.
To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify.
to fine gold
To become finer, purer, or cleaner.
To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.
To change by fine gradations.
to fine down a ship's lines, i.e. to diminish her lines gradually
To clarify (wine and beer) by filtration.
To become gradually fine; to diminish; to dwindle (with away, down, or off).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English fin, fyn, from Old French fin (“fine, minute, exact”), of obscure origin, but probably derived from Latin fīnīre (“to finish”) or fīnis (“boundary, limit, end”), with an abstract sense of fine or thin also arising in many Romance languages (compare Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish fino). Doublet of fino.
A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law.
The fine for jay-walking has gone from two dollars to thirty in the last fifteen years.
Money paid by a tenant on the commencement of a tenancy so that their rent may be small or nominal.
A drink that must be taken during a meal or as part of a drinking game, following an announcement that anyone who has done some (usually outrageous) deed is to be fined; similar to I have never; commonly associated with swaps; very similar to a sconce at Oxford University, though a fine is the penalty itself rather than the act of issuing it.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English fyn, fyne, from Old French fin, from Medieval Latin fīnis (“a payment in settlement or tax”). Doublet of fin and finis.
To issue a fine as punishment to (someone).
She was fined a thousand dollars for littering, but she appealed.
To pay a fine.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English fyn, fyne, from Old French fin, from Medieval Latin fīnis (“a payment in settlement or tax”). Doublet of fin and finis.
The end of a musical composition.
The location in a musical score that indicates the end of the piece, particularly when the piece ends somewhere in the middle of the score due to a section of the music being repeated.
Where this word comes from
From Italian fine (“end”). French fin. Doublet of fin and finis.
To finish; to cease.
To cause to cease; to stop.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English finen, fynen, from Old French finer, finir. See finish (transitive verb).
End; conclusion; termination; extinction.
A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English finen, fynen, from Old French finer, finir. See finish (transitive verb).
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