Meaning of 'fine' (Webster Dictionary)
- To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine
gold.
- To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.; as.
to fine the soil.
- To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a
ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually.
- End; conclusion; termination; extinction.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free
from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration;
accomplished; beautiful.
- Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament;
overdressed or overdecorated; showy.
- Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful;
dexterous.
- Not coarse, gross, or heavy
- Not gross; subtile; thin; tenous.
- Not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine
sand or flour.
- Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread.
- Thin; attenuate; keen; as, a fine edge.
- Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen
or silk.
- Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its
composition; as, coins nine tenths fine.
- (Used ironically.)
- To pay a fine. See Fine, n., 3 (b).
- To finish; to cease; or to cause to cease.
Meaning of 'fine' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty
Example in sentence:- I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street;
- Move your car or else you will be ticketed!
Meaning (2):
- of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles
Example in sentence:- batiste is a cotton fabric with a fine weave;
- covered with a fine film of dust;
- fine powdery snow;
- fine rain;
- wood with a fine grain
Meaning (3):
- in a delicate manner
Example in sentence:- finely shaped features;
- her fine drawn body;
- the invitation cards were written up daintily in white and gold
Meaning (4):
- minutely precise especially in differences in meaning
Meaning (5):
- thin in thickness or diameter
Example in sentence:- a fine film of oil;
- fine hairs;
- read the fine print
Meaning (6):
- characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment
Example in sentence:- a fine gentleman;
- a fine violinist;
- fine china and crystal;
- fine wine;
- looking fine in her Easter suit;
- the fine hand of a master
Meaning (7):
- being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
Example in sentence:- an all-right movie;
- another minute I'd have been fine;
- dinner and the movies had been fine;
- everything's fine;
- is everything all right?;
- the passengers were shaken up but are all right;
- things are okay
Meaning (8):
- free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity