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Fine

noun
/fæːn/
Word Frequency: 69.6

Definitions

1.nounFine champagne; French brandy.
2.noun(usually in the plural) Something that is fine; fine particles.
"They filtered silt and fines out of the soil."
3.verbTo make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify.
"to fine gold"
4.verbTo become finer, purer, or cleaner.
5.verbTo make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.
"to fine the soil"
6.verbTo change by fine gradations.
"to fine down a ship's lines, i.e. to diminish her lines gradually"
7.verbTo clarify (wine and beer) by filtration.
8.verbTo become gradually fine; to diminish; to dwindle (with away, down, or off).
9.adjectiveSenses referring to subjective quality.
10.adjectiveSenses referring to objective quality.
11.adjectiveBehind 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 [...]"
12.adjectiveSubtle; thin; tenuous.
13.adverbExpression of (typically) reluctant agreement.
14.adverbWell, nicely, in a positive way.
"Everything worked out fine."
15.adverbFinely; elegantly; delicately.
16.adverbIn 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.

Synonyms

clarifypurifyrefinefine-threadedfine-grainedpowderedpowderypulverisedpulverizedsmall-grainedall righthunky-dory

Antonyms

coarse

Rhymes With

saccharinemalignasininebyzantinebenignsupinewhinedecline
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