Fine

/ˈfaɪ̯n/ · adjective

Meaning

Senses referring to subjective quality..

Definitions by Sense

1. Senses referring to subjective quality.
2. Senses referring to objective quality.
3. (cricket) Behind the batsman and at a small angle to the line between the wickets.
4. (obsolete) Subtle; thin; tenuous.
5. Well, nicely, in a positive, agreeable way.
6. (dated, dialect, colloquial) Finely; elegantly; delicately.
7. (pool, billiards) 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.
8. Expression of (typically) reluctant or agreement.

Example Sentences

[…]to nudge it through the covers (or tickle it down to fine leg) for a four[…]

The eye standeth in the finer medium and the object in the grosser.

Everything worked out fine.

We had dined at l'Avenue's, and afterward went to the Café de Versailles for coffee. We had several fines after the coffee, and I said I must be going.

‘Darling,’ Lois told her, ‘don't get depressed. Have another fine.’

He refilled his glass. ‘The fine is very good,’ he said.

They filtered silt and fines out of the soil.

to fine gold

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• finer
• finest
• more fine
• most fine
• fines
• fining
• fined

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