1. very well or satisfactory: in a good, acceptable, or comfortable condition
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informal
)
Everything's fine, thank you.
2. not coarse: made up of tiny particles fine sand
3. sunny: with sunny and clear skies a fine morning
4. thin: very thin, sharp, or delicate fine features fine hair
5. good-looking: very good to look at a fine view of the valley
6. outstanding: far better than the average a fine wine
7. delicately formed: showing special skill, detail, or intricacy, especially in artistic work fine detail
8. small and delicate: set very closely and carefully together fine stitching
9. unpleasant: extremely unsuitable or undesirable
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informal
)
(
used ironically
)
This is a fine mess!
10. very subtle: so particular or small that it may hardly be noticeable a maze of fine legal detail a fine distinction
11. spuriously impressive: sounding or looking good, but probably just for show
(
used ironically
)
nothing but fine gestures
12. extremely pure: with any or most impurities removed, especially in a precious metal
adverb
Definition:
1. well: very well
(
informal
)
It works just fine. The patient is doing fine.
2. into small pieces: into tiny or delicate bits Chop the onions very fine.
verb (past and past participlefined, present participlefin·ing, 3rd person present singularfines)
Definition:
1. transitive verb sharpen something: to make something thinner or sharper
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technical
)
2. transitive and intransitive verb purify: to purify beer or wine, or be purified
[13th century. < French fin< Latin finire "to finish" (see finish)]
fine·ness noun
Word History
The Latin word finire "to finish" from which fine is derived and the related nouns finis are also sources of Englishaffinity,confine,define,final,finance,finesse,finish,finite,paraffin, andrefine.
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