Noun | 1. | fine - money extracted as a penalty Synonyms: amercement, mulct |
Verb | 1. | fine - 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: ticket |
Adj. | 1. | fine - superior to the average; "in fine spirits"; "a fine student"; "made good grades"; "morale was good"; "had good weather for the parade" Synonyms: good |
2. | fine - being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "an all-right movie"; "the passengers were shaken up but are all right"; "is everything all right?"; "everything's fine"; "things are okay"; "dinner and the movies had been fine"; "another minute I'd have been fine" | |
3. | fine - minutely precise especially in differences in meaning; "a fine distinction" | |
4. | fine - of texture; being small-grained or smooth to the touch or having fine particles; "wood with a fine grain"; "fine powdery snow"; "fine rain"; "batiste is a cotton fabric with a fine weave"; "covered with a fine film of dust" Antonyms: coarse - of texture; large-grained or rough to the touch; "coarse meal"; "coarse sand"; "a coarse weave" | |
5. | fine - being in good health; "he's feeling all right again"; "I'm fine, how are you?" Synonyms: all right | |
6. | fine - thin in thickness or diameter; "a fine film of oil"; "fine hairs"; "read the fine print" | |
7. | fine - characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment; "fine wine"; "looking fine in her Easter suit"; "a fine gentleman"; "fine china and crystal"; "a fine violinist"; "the fine hand of a master" | |
8. | fine - ; free or impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity; "gold 21 carats fine" Synonyms: f. | |
9. | fine - (of weather) pleasant; not raining, perhaps with the sun shining; "a fine summer evening" | |
Adv. | 1. | fine - sentence-initial expression of agreement |
2. | fine - in a delicate manner; "finely shaped features"; "her fine drawn body" | |
3. | fine - in a superior and skilled manner; "the soldiers were fighting finely" Synonyms: finely |