fine
(noun, adjective, verb, adverb)
adjective
1. being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
- everything's fine
- dinner and the movies had been fine
- another minute I'd have been fine
Similar word(s): satisfactory, cool, ok, okay
2. minutely precise especially in differences in meaning
- a fine distinction
Similar word(s): precise
3. thin in thickness or diameter
- a fine film of oil
- fine hairs
- read the fine print
Similar word(s): thin
4. characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment
- fine wine
- looking fine in her Easter suit
- a fine gentleman
Similar word(s): elegant
5. of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles
- wood with a fine grain
- fine powdery snow
- fine rain
Similar word(s): close, tight, dustlike, floury, nongranular, powdered, powdery, pulverised, pulverized, small, superfine, smooth
6. free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity
- gold 21 carats fine
Similar word(s): pure
Sentences with fine as an adjective:
- The tree frog that they encountered was truly a fine specimen. Only a really fine wine could fully complement Lucía's hand-made pasta.
- "How are you today?" "Fine." "Will this one do? It's got a dent in it" "Yeah, it'll be fine, I guess." "It's fine with me if you stay out late, so long as you're back by three."
- That man is so fine that I'd jump into his pants without a moment's hesitation.
- The small scratch meant that his copy of X-Men #2 was merely fine when it otherwise would have been near mint.
- Grind it into a fine powder.
- The threads were so fine that you had to look through a magnifying glass to see them.
- They protected themselves from the small parasites with a fine wire mesh.
- coins nine tenths fine
- […] to nudge it through the covers (or tickle it down to fine leg) for a four
adverb
1. an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence
2. in a delicate manner
- finely shaped features
- her fine drawn body
Similar word(s): delicately, exquisitely, finely
Sentences with fine as an adverb:
- Everything worked out fine.
noun
1. money extracted as a penalty
Similar word(s): amercement, mulct
Definition categories: possession, penalty
Sentences with fine as a noun:
- The fine for jay-walking has gone from two dollars to thirty in the last fifteen years.
verb
1. issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty
- I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street
Similar word(s): ticket
Definition categories: social, book
Sentences with fine as a verb:
- to fine gold
- to fine down a ship's lines, i.e. to diminish her lines gradually
- She was fined a thousand dollars for littering, but she appealed.