Dictionary Entry
fine
fine is a 4-letter English word with 31 senses as adjective, noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, verb, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 31 senses
Definitions
- 1superlative
Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful.
- 2superlative
Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament; overdressed or overdecorated; showy.
- 3superlative
Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful; dexterous.
- 4superlative
Not coarse, gross, or heavy
- 5superlative
Not gross; subtile; thin; tenous.
- 6superlative
Not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine sand or flour.
- 7superlative
Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread.
- 8superlative
Thin; attenuate; keen; as, a fine edge.
- 9superlative
Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen or silk.
- 10superlative
Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; as, coins nine tenths fine.
- 11superlative
(Used ironically.)
- 12adjective
To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine gold.
- 13adjective
To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.; as. to fine the soil.
- 14adjective
To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually.
- 15noun
End; conclusion; termination; extinction.
- 16noun
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.
- 17noun
A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
- 18noun
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.
- 19noun
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.
- 20intransitive verb
To pay a fine. See Fine., 3 (b).
- 21transitive verb
To finish; to cease; or to cause to cease.
- 22noun
money extracted as a penalty
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- 23verb
issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty
"I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street"
"Move your car or else you will be ticketed!"
Synonyms
- 24adjective
characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment
"fine wine"
"looking fine in her Easter suit"
- 25adjective
minutely precise especially in differences in meaning
"a fine distinction"
- 26adjective
free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity
"gold 21 carats fine"
- 27adjective
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
"an all-right movie"
"the passengers were shaken up but are all right"
- 28adjective
of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles
"wood with a fine grain"
"fine powdery snow"
- 29adjective
thin in thickness or diameter
"a fine film of oil"
"fine hairs"
- 30adverb
an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence
- 31adverb
in a delicate manner
"finely shaped features"
"her fine drawn body"
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