Definitions
1.AdjectiveSenses referring to subjective quality.
Of superior quality."The tree frog that they encountered was truly a fine specimen.; Only a really fine wine could fully complement Lucía's hand-made pasta.; You're a fine one to talk about laziness.; Here's another fine mess you've gotten us into.; 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.; Do you want to talk about what happened? – [sharply, with annoyance or discomfort] I'm fine!"
2.AdjectiveOf superior quality."The tree frog that they encountered was truly a fine specimen.; Only a really fine wine could fully complement Lucía's hand-made pasta."
3.AdjectiveImpressively bad, inappropriate, or unsatisfactory."You're a fine one to talk about laziness.; Here's another fine mess you've gotten us into."
4.AdjectiveBeing acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory."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."
5.AdjectiveGood-looking, attractive."That man is so fine that I'd jump into his pants without a moment's hesitation."
6.AdjectiveSubtle, delicately balanced or discriminated.
7.AdjectiveShowy; overdecorated.
8.AdjectiveDelicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; dexterous.
9.AdjectiveAn 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."Do you want to talk about what happened? – [sharply, with annoyance or discomfort] I'm fine!"
10.AdjectiveSenses referring to objective quality.
Of a particular grade of quality, usually between very good and very fine, and below mint."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.; When she touched the artifact, it collapsed into a heap of fine dust.; 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."
11.AdjectiveOf a particular grade of quality, usually between very good and very fine, and below mint."The small scratch meant that his copy of “X-Men #2” was merely fine when it otherwise would have been “near mint”."
12.AdjectiveSunny and not raining.
13.AdjectiveConsisting of especially minute particulates; made up of particularly small pieces."Grind it into a fine powder.; When she touched the artifact, it collapsed into a heap of fine dust."
14.AdjectiveParticularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth."The threads were so fine that you had to look through a magnifying glass to see them."
15.AdjectiveMade of slender or thin filaments."They protected themselves from the small parasites with a fine wire mesh."
16.AdjectiveHaving a (specified) proportion of pure metal in its composition."Coins nine tenths fine."
17.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 […]"
18.AdjectiveSubtle; thin; tenuous.
19.AdverbWell, nicely, in a positive, agreeable way."Everything worked out fine."
20.AdverbFinely; elegantly; delicately.
21.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.
22.InterjectionExpression of (typically) reluctant or agreement.
23.InterjectionExpression of (typically) reluctant acceptance, without further argument or discussion, of another person's viewpoint.
24.NounFine champagne; French brandy.
25.NounSomething that is fine; fine particles."They filtered silt and fines out of the soil."
26.VerbTo make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify."to fine gold"
27.VerbTo become finer, purer, or cleaner.
28.VerbTo make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.
29.VerbTo change by fine gradations."to fine down a ship's lines, i.e. to diminish her lines gradually"
30.VerbTo clarify (wine and beer) by filtration.
31.VerbTo become gradually fine; to diminish; to dwindle (with away, down, or off).
32.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."
33.NounMoney paid by a tenant on the commencement of a tenancy so that their rent may be small or nominal.
34.NounA 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."Fine if you've…"
35.VerbTo issue a fine as punishment to (someone)."She was fined a thousand dollars for littering, but she appealed."
36.VerbTo pay a fine.
37.NounThe end of a musical composition.
38.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.
39.VerbTo finish; to cease.
40.VerbTo cause to cease; to stop.
41.NounEnd; conclusion; termination; extinction.
42.NounA final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
43.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.