noun🔗ShareFine champagne; French brandy."My grandfather brought a bottle of fine champagne for the family celebration. "drinkessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(usually in the plural) Something that is fine; fine particles."They filtered silt and fines out of the soil."materialsubstanceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify."to fine gold"processchemistryscienceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo become finer, purer, or cleaner."The old painting slowly fined, revealing the artist's original colors underneath the layers of grime. "processqualityconditionessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc."to fine the soil"qualitymaterialappearanceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo change by fine gradations."The artist slowly fine-tuned the colors in her painting, making them blend more smoothly. "processactionqualityessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo clarify (wine and beer) by filtration."The brewer carefully fined the beer to remove any sediment before bottling. "drinkprocesstechnicalessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo become gradually fine; to diminish; to dwindle (with away, down, or off)."The rain gradually fine away as the sun came out. "processtimeamountconditionessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareSenses referring to subjective quality."The new teacher's explanations were fine, but some students found them too basic. "qualitysensationessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareSenses referring to objective quality."The quality of the student's essay was quite fine, demonstrating a strong understanding of the subject matter. "qualityessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareBehind the batsman and at a small angle to the line between the wickets."[...] to nudge it through the covers (or tickle it down to fine leg) for a four [...]"sportpositionessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareSubtle; thin; tenuous."The line separating the two pieces of fabric was so fine, you almost couldn't see it. "qualityappearanceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb🔗ShareExpression of (typically) reluctant agreement.""Fine," she said fine, "I'll help you with your homework tonight, but I have a lot of work to do myself." "attitudecommunicationlanguageessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb🔗ShareWell, nicely, in a positive way."Everything worked out fine."attitudeconditionessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb🔗ShareFinely; elegantly; delicately."The dancer moved her arms with a fine grace. "styleappearancequalityessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb🔗ShareIn 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."The pool player hit the cue ball fine, sending the object ball just barely off to the side. "sportessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA fee levied as punishment for breaking the law."The fine for jay-walking has gone from two dollars to thirty in the last fifteen years."lawgovernmentpolicefinanceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo issue a fine as punishment to (someone)."She was fined a thousand dollars for littering, but she appealed."lawgovernmentpoliceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo pay a fine."The student had to fine $25 for being late to class. "financelawgovernmentessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe end of a musical composition."The music teacher announced that the final movement was the fine of the sonata. "musicessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe 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."The music teacher pointed to the fine at the end of the sonata, indicating where the repeated section concluded. "musicessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEnd; conclusion; termination; extinction."The fine of the meeting was a discussion about the next steps. "outcometimeessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal."The land dispute was settled with a fine agreed upon by the farmer and the landowner. "propertylawhistoryessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease."The student paid a fine of $20 for damaging the school library. "financelawbusinesseconomyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo finish; to cease."After hours of painting, she finally fine the project. "actiontimeessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo cause to cease; to stop."The teacher fined the students' disruptive behavior by asking them to sit quietly. "actionprocessessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading