fine

  1. Adjective.  Of superior quality.
  2. Adjective.  Of a particular grade of quality, usually between ''very good'' and ''very fine'', and below ''mint''.
  3. Adjective.  (context, of weather) Sunny and not raining.
  4. Adjective.  (informal) Being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory.
  5. Adjective.  (informal) Good-looking, attractive.
  6. Adjective.  Consisting of especially minute particulate; made up of particularly small pieces.
  7. Adjective.  Particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth.
  8. Adjective.  Made of slender or thin filaments.
  9. Adjective.  Subtle, delicately balanced.
  10. Adjective.  (cricket) Behind the batsman and at a small angle to the line between the wickets.
  11. Adverb.  ''expression of agreement''.
  12. Noun.  Fine champagne; French brandy.
  13. Noun.  (usually, plural) something that is fine; fine particles.
  14. Verb.  (transitive) to make finer, purer, or cleaner.
  15. Verb.  (intransitive) to become finer, purer, or cleaner.
  16. Verb.  (transitive) to clarify (wine and beer) by filtration.
  17. Noun.  A payment or fee issued as punishment for breaking the law.
  18. Verb.  (transitive) To issue a fine as punishment to (someone).
  19. Noun.  (music) The end of a musical composition.
  20. Noun.  (music) 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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