What is the meaning of fine?

noun

verb

  • Issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty.
    • usage: "I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street"; "Move your car or else you will be ticketed"

adjective

  • Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
    • usage: "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"
  • Minutely precise especially in differences in meaning.
    • usage: "a fine distinction"
  • Thin in thickness or diameter.
    • usage: "a fine film of oil"; "fine hairs"; "read the fine print"
  • Characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment.
    • usage: "fine wine"; "looking fine in her Easter suit"; "a fine gentleman"; "fine china and crystal"; "a fine violinist"; "the fine hand of a master"
  • Of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles.
    • usage: "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"
  • Free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity.
    • usage: "gold 21 carats fine"

adverb

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