| Noun | 1. | fine - money extracted as a penaltypenalty - a payment required for not fulfilling a contract library fine - fine imposed by a library on books that overdue when returned | |
| 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!"book - record a charge in a police register; "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man" amerce - punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court | |
| 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"superior - of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students" | |
| 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"colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech satisfactory - giving satisfaction; "satisfactory living conditions"; "his grades were satisfactory" | |
| 3. | fine - minutely precise especially in differences in meaning; "a fine distinction"precise - sharply exact or accurate or delimited; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment" | |
| 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"smooth - having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities; "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop"; "smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a mirror" 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?"well - in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury; "appears to be entirely well"; "the wound is nearly well"; "a well man"; "I think I'm well; at least I feel well" | |
| 6. | fine - thin in thickness or diameter; "a fine film of oil"; "fine hairs"; "read the fine print"thin - of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint" | |
| 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"elegant - refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid" | |
| 8. | fine - ; free or impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity; "gold 21 carats fine"pure - free of extraneous elements of any kind; "pure air and water"; "pure gold"; "pure primary colors"; "the violin's pure and lovely song"; "pure tones" | |
| 9. | fine - (of weather) pleasant; not raining, perhaps with the sun shining; "a fine summer evening"pleasant - affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings; "a pleasant person to be around"; "we had a pleasant evening together"; "a pleasant scene"; "pleasant sensations" | |
| 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" | |