English adjective: fine | |||
1. | fine being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | all right, hunky-dory, o.k., ok, okay | ||
Similar | satisfactory | ||
Domain usage | colloquialism | ||
Antonyms | unsatisfactory | ||
2. | fine minutely precise especially in differences in meaning | ||
Samples | A fine distinction. | ||
Similar | precise | ||
Antonyms | imprecise | ||
3. | fine thin in thickness or diameter | ||
Samples | A fine film of oil. Fine hairs. Read the fine print. | ||
Similar | thin | ||
Antonyms | thick | ||
4. | fine characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment | ||
Samples | Fine wine. Looking fine in her Easter suit. A fine gentleman. Fine china and crystal. A fine violinist. The fine hand of a master. | ||
Similar | elegant | ||
Antonyms | inelegant | ||
5. | fine of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Similar | close, close-grained, dustlike, fine-grained, fine-grained, floury, nongranular, powdered, powdery, pulverised, pulverized, small, small-grained, superfine, tight | ||
See also | smooth | ||
Attribute | texture | ||
Antonyms | coarse, harsh | ||
6. | fine free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity | ||
Samples | Gold 21 carats fine. | ||
Similar | pure | ||
Domain category | metallurgy | ||
Antonyms | impure | ||
English noun: fine | |||
1. | fine (possession) money extracted as a penalty | ||
Synonyms | amercement, mulct | ||
Broader (hypernym) | penalty | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | library fine | ||
English adverb: fine | |||
1. | fine an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence | ||
Synonyms | all right, alright, OK, very well | ||
2. | fine in a delicate manner | ||
Samples | Finely shaped features. Her fine drawn body. | ||
Synonyms | delicately, exquisitely, finely | ||
English verb: fine | |||
1. | fine (social) issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty | ||
Samples | I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street. Move your car or else you will be ticketed!. | ||
Synonyms | ticket | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | book | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | amerce | ||