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.nounA fee levied as punishment for breaking the law."The fine for jay-walking has gone from two dollars to thirty in the last fifteen years."
10.verbTo issue a fine as punishment to (someone)."She was fined a thousand dollars for littering, but she appealed."
11.verbTo pay a fine.
12.nounThe end of a musical composition.
13.nounThe 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.
14.nounEnd; conclusion; termination; extinction.
15.nounA final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
16.nounA 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.
17.verbTo finish; to cease.
18.verbTo cause to cease; to stop.