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The Meaning of fine
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(superl.) Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful.
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(superl.) Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament; overdressed or overdecorated; showy.
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(superl.) Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful; dexterous.
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(superl.) Not coarse, gross, or heavy
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(superl.) Not gross; subtile; thin; tenous.
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(superl.) Not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine sand or flour.
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(superl.) Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread.
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(superl.) Thin; attenuate; keen; as, a fine edge.
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(superl.) Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen or silk.
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(superl.) Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; as, coins nine tenths fine.
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(superl.) (Used ironically.)
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(a.) To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine gold.
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(a.) To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.; as. to fine the soil.
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(a.) To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually.
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(n.) End; conclusion; termination; extinction.
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(n.) 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.
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(n.) A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
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(n.) 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.
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(n.) 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.
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(v. i.) To pay a fine. See Fine, n., 3 (b).
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(v. t.) To finish; to cease; or to cause to cease.
Homophones
fein
,
feyen
Rhymes
adeline
,
aerodyne
,
affine
,
airline
,
alamein
,
align
,
aline
,
alkaline
,
alpine
,
arline
,
arlyne
,
asinine
,
assign
,
australopithecine
,
ballantine
,
barentine
,
baseline
,
benign
,
bloodline
,
borderline
,
bornstein
,
bovine
,
brandywine
,
brine
,
brookline
,
bryne
,
burdine
,
byline
,
byzantine
,
calamine
,
canine
,
capitoline
,
carbine
,
caroline
,
celandine
,
chine
,
clementine
,
cline
,
clozapine
,
clyne
,
coastline
,
columbine
,
combine
,
concubine
,
confine
,
constantine
,
crine
,
crystalline
,
dateline
,
deadline
,
decline
,
define
,
design
,
devine
,
dewine
,
dhein
,
dine
,
disincline
,
divine
,
dopamine
,
dragline
,
dwine
,
earthshine
,
eglantine
,
ein
,
emeline
,
emlynne
,
emmeline
,
endocrine
,
enshrine
,
entwine
,
epstein
,
equine
,
erskine
,
evangeline
,
fein
,
feinstein
,
feline
,
feyen
,
francyne
,
frankenstein
,
genuine
,
gourdine
,
grapevine
,
guideline
,
guynn
,
gwine
,
hainline
,
hairline
,
hammerstein
,
headline
,
hein
,
heine
,
hemline
,
heterodyne
,
heyen
,
hine
,
hornstein
,
hot-line
,
huynh
,
ice-nine
,
incline
,
intertwine
,
iodine
,
jacobine
,
jain
,
karoline
,
klein
,
kline
,
kyne
,
leontine
,
lichtenstein
,
liechtenstein
,
lifeline
,
limine
,
line
,
lupine
,
lyne
,
lysne
,
macalpine
,
mainline
,
malign
,
mcalpine
,
microdyne
,
midline
,
mine
,
missildine
,
moonshine
,
nadein
,
nine
,
online
,
opine
,
outline
,
outshine
,
palatine
,
palestine
,
pine
,
pipeline
,
porcupine
,
prine
,
pruyn
,
pyne
,
quinine
,
rankine
,
realign
,
reassign
,
recline
,
recombine
,
redefine
,
redesign
,
refine
,
resign
,
rhine
,
rhyne
,
rine
,
rubinstein
,
saccharine
,
schein
,
schlein
,
sein
,
serpentine
,
sharp-sign
,
shein
,
shine
,
shoeshine
,
shrine
,
sideline
,
sign
,
silverstein
,
sine
,
skyline
,
spine
,
spline
,
stein
,
stine
,
storyline
,
streamline
,
strine
,
strychnine
,
styne
,
sunshine
,
superheterodyne
,
supine
,
swine
,
thein
,
thine
,
timberline
,
tine
,
trine
,
turpentine
,
twine
,
tyne
,
underline
,
undermine
,
valentine
,
vandine
,
vanduyn
,
vanduyne
,
vine
,
waistline
,
wallenstein
,
whine
,
wine
,
wyne
,
zine