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Definition of fine
Pronunciation: fīnd | a. | 1. | Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful. | | 2. | Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament; overdressed or overdecorated; showy. | | 3. | Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful; dexterous. | | 4. | Not coarse, gross, or heavy | | 5. | Not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine sand or flour. | | 5. | Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; as, coins nine tenths fine. | | 6. | Used ironically. | | v. t. | 1. | To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine gold. | | 2. | To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.; as. to fine the soil. | | 3. | (Naut.) To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually. | | n. | 1. | End; conclusion; termination; extinction. | | 2. | 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. | | 3. | (Law) A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal. | | 4. | (Eng. Law) 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. | | v. t. | 1. | 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. | | v. i. | 1. | To pay a fine. See Fine, n., 3 (b). | | v. t. & i. | 1. | To finish; to cease; or to cause to cease. | | adv. | 1. | Finely; well; elegantly; fully; delicately; mincingly. | | 2. | (Billiards & Pool) In a manner so that the driven ball strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be deflected but little, the object ball being driven to one side. | | v. i. | 1. | To become fine (in any one of various senses); as, the ale will fine; the weather fined. |
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