noun Download 🔗Share Fine champagne; French brandy. Examples : "He stocked the bar with fines: a collection of vintage cognacs and premium champagnes. " drink Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (usually in the plural) Something that is fine; fine particles. Examples : "They filtered silt and fines out of the soil." material substance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify. Examples : "to fine gold" process chemistry science quality Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To become finer, purer, or cleaner. Examples : "As the sculptor works the clay, its texture fines, becoming smoother and more receptive to detail. " quality process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc. Examples : "to fine the soil" quality process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To change by fine gradations. Examples : "The artist fines the details of the portrait, slowly adding subtle shades and textures to achieve a realistic effect. " process quality Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To clarify (wine and beer) by filtration. Examples : "The winemaker carefully fines the new wine to remove any sediment and make it clear. " drink food process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To become gradually fine; to diminish; to dwindle (with away, down, or off). Examples : "The initial excitement of the new job slowly fines away as I realize how repetitive the tasks are. " process nature amount Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law. Examples : "The fine for jay-walking has gone from two dollars to thirty in the last fifteen years." law government police finance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To issue a fine as punishment to (someone). Examples : "She was fined a thousand dollars for littering, but she appealed." law government police Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To pay a fine. Examples : "The judge fines him $100 for speeding. " law finance government Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The end of a musical composition. Examples : "The choir practiced the song repeatedly, paying close attention to the quiet fines at the very end. " music Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The musician stopped playing precisely at the fines marked in the sheet music, even though there were still several measures left on the page. " music Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share End; conclusion; termination; extinction. Examples : "The fines of summer meant the children had to return to school. " outcome event Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal. Examples : "The lord and his vassal recorded the agreed-upon fines concerning the use of the pastureland in the village records. " property law history Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A 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. Examples : "The farmer paid the fines to the lord of the manor in order to renew his lease on the land. " finance law property government business Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To finish; to cease. Examples : "The teacher fined the lesson by summarizing the key points. " language linguistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cause to cease; to stop. Examples : "The heavy rain fines the children's game of tag. " action process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading