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Meaning
Adj
●
Senses
referring
to
subjective
quality.
Of
superior
quality.
Impressively
bad
,
inappropriate
, or unsatisfactory.
Being
acceptable
,
adequate
,
passable
, or satisfactory.
Good-looking, attractive.
Subtle,
delicately
balanced
or discriminated.
Showy; overdecorated.
Delicate;
subtle
;
exquisite
;
artful
; dexterous.
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.
●
Senses
referring
to
objective
quality.
Of a particular
grade
of quality, usually between
very good
and very
fine
, and below mint.
Sunny and not raining.
Consisting of especially
minute
particulates
;
made up
of
particularly
small pieces.
Particularly
slender
; especially
thin
,
narrow
, or of small girth.
Made of
slender
or
thin
filaments.
Having a (specified)
proportion
of
pure
metal
in its composition.
●
In Cricket:
Behind the
batsman
and at a small
angle
to the
line
between the wickets.
●
Subtle;
thin
; tenuous.
Adv
●
Expression of (typically)
reluctant
or agreement.
●
Well,
nicely
, in
a positive
,
agreeable
way.
●
Finely;
elegantly
; delicately.
●
In Billiards:
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
.
Noun
●
Fine
champagne
; French brandy.
●
Something that is
fine
;
fine
particles.
●
A
fee
levied
as
punishment
for
breaking
the law.
●
Money
paid
by a
tenant
on the
commencement
of a
tenancy
so that his or her
rent
may be small or nominal.
●
In Universities:
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.
●
In Music:
The
end of
a
musical
composition.
●
In Music:
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.
●
End;
conclusion
;
termination
; extinction.
●
A
final
agreement
concerning
lands
or
rents
between
persons
, as the
lord
and his vassal.
●
In British English & Law:
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.
Verb
●
To make
finer
,
purer
, or
cleaner
; to
purify
or clarify.
●
To become
finer
,
purer
, or cleaner.
●
To make
finer
, or less
coarse
,
as in
bulk
,
texture
, etc.
●
To change by
fine
gradations.
●
To
clarify
(wine and
beer
) by filtration.
●
To become
gradually
fine
; to
diminish
; to
dwindle
(with
away
, down, or off).
●
To
issue
a
fine
as
punishment
to (someone).
●
To
pay
a fine.
●
To
finish
; to cease.
●
To cause to
cease
; to stop.
Name
●
A surname.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
fine
English
fin
Middle English (1100-1500)
fin
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
finn
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
fine
Italian
finis
Latin
finer
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
finire
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Good
Excellent
Ok
Okay
Hunky-Dory
Kosher
Fine-Grained
Powdered
Powdery
Pulverised
Pulverized
Alright
Amercement
Clarify
Refine
Purify
Amerce
Nice
Narrow
Splendid
Satisfactory
Thin
Beautiful
All Right
Very Well
Hell Of A
More
Antonyms
Coarse
Related
Okay
Great
Perfect
Good
Dandy
Fantastic
Safe
Ok
Cool
Awesome
Penalty
Correct
Smooth
Penalties
Amazing
Wrong
Normal
Charge
Sanction
Punishment
Coarse
Happy
Decent
Imprisonment
Doable
Lovely
Sentence
Right
Soft
Lawsuit
Offense
Wonderful
Penalize
Charges
Better
Rough
Catch
Acceptable
Verdict
Clean
Bad
Light
Suspension
Premium
Refund
Payment
Excellent
Deposit
Dry
Fair Game
More
Rhymes
Pine
Tine
Dyne
Jain
Sine
Nine
Sign
Wine
Line
Dine
Vine
Fine
Mine
Kine
Rine
Rhine
Aline
Cline
Align
Thine
Spine
Swine
Whine
Klein
Shine
Opine
Dwine
Rhine
Stein
Rhyne
Trine
Brine
Twine
Chine
Design
Strine
Spline
Refine
Define
Divine
Canine
Ashine
Assign
Obsign
Atrine
Berine
Shrine
Resign
Quinine
Recline
Entwine
Decline
Despine
Combine
Asinine
Anodyne
Confine
Incline
Consign
Headsign
Pristine
Redesign
Einstein
Arretine
Underline
Undermine
Undersign
Liechtenstein
Soft Sign
Gunter'S Line
More
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