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Amerce (verb)
To impose a fine on; to fine.
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Amerce (verb)
To punish; to make an exaction.
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Fine (adjective)
Senses referring to subjective quality.
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Fine (adjective)
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.”
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Fine (adjective)
Being 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.”
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Fine (adjective)
Good-looking, attractive.
“That man is so fine that I’d jump into his pants without a moment’s hesitation.”
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Fine (adjective)
Subtle, delicately balanced or discriminated.
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Fine (adjective)
Showy; overdecorated.
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Fine (adjective)
Delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; dexterous.
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Fine (adjective)
Senses referring to objective quality.
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Fine (adjective)
An 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.
“When a girl says she’s “fine,” she ain’t fine.”
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Fine (adjective)
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”.”
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Fine (adjective)
Sunny and not raining.
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Fine (adjective)
Consisting of especially minute particulate; 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.”
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Fine (adjective)
Particularly 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.”
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Fine (adjective)
Made of slender or thin filaments.
“They protected themselves from the small parasites with a fine wire mesh.”
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Fine (adjective)
Behind 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 fournb…”
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Fine (adjective)
Subtle; thin; tenuous.
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Fine (adverb)
Expression of (typically) reluctant agreement.
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Fine (adverb)
Well, nicely, in a positive way.
“Everything worked out fine.”
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Fine (adverb)
Finely; elegantly; delicately.
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Fine (adverb)
In 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.
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Fine (noun)
Fine champagne; French brandy.
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Fine (noun)
Something that is fine; fine particles.
“They filtered silt and fines out of the soil.”
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Fine (noun)
A 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.”
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Fine (noun)
The end of a musical composition.
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Fine (noun)
The 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.
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Fine (noun)
End; conclusion; termination; extinction.
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Fine (noun)
A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
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Fine (noun)
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.
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Fine (verb)
To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify.
“to fine gold”
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Fine (verb)
To become finer, purer, or cleaner.
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Fine (verb)
To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.
“to fine the soil”
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Fine (verb)
To change by fine gradations.
“to fine down a ship’s lines, i.e. to diminish her lines gradually”
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Fine (verb)
To clarify (wine and beer) by filtration.
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Fine (verb)
To become gradually fine; to diminish; to dwindle (with away, down, or off).
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Fine (verb)
To issue a fine as punishment to (someone).
“She was fined a thousand dollars for littering, but she appealed.”
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Fine (verb)
To pay a fine.
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Fine (verb)
To finish; to cease.
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Fine (verb)
To cause to cease; to stop.