Fine in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
Fine in Hindi हिन्दी
Fine in Kashmiri कॉशुर
Fine in Marathi मराठी
Fine in Sindhi سنڌي
Fine in Telugu తెలుగు
Fine in English
- fine⇄adj. 1. of very high quality; very good; excellent.
Ex. a fine sermon, a fine view, a fine scholar. Everybody praised her fine singing. Lee was a fine general.
2. very small or thin.
Ex. fine wire. Thread is finer than rope.
(SY - fine⇄adv. 1. (Informal.) very well; excellently.
Ex. ""How are you?"" ""I'm doing fine.""
2. (in billiards and pool) so that the ball struck just grazes the object ball. - fine⇄expr. cut it fine, (Informal.) to allow a very fine margin of time or space.
Ex. He gave himself only ten minutes to get to work, which was cutting it fine. - fine⇄expr. in fine,
a. finally.
Ex. He sent me a challenge, ... which I restored, and in fine we met (Ben Jonson).
b. in a few words; briefly.
Ex. In fine, the Government may do its will (Thomas Brown). - fine⇄fine (1), adjective, finer,finest,adverb, verb, fined,fining.
- fine⇄fine (2), noun, verb, fined,fining.
- fine⇄fine (3), noun.
the end (a direction on a score in music marking the end of a musical passage that has to be repeated) - fine⇄noun 1. a sum of money paid as a punishment, especially for breaking a law or regulation.
2a. a fee paid by the tenant at the beginning of his tenancy or for the renewal of the lease.
b. a fee paid by a feudal tenant to the landlord on some - fine⇄v.i. to become fine or finer.
- fine⇄v.t. to cause to pay a fine.
Ex. The judge fined the driver twenty dollars for speeding. - fine⇄v.t. 1. to make fine or finer.
2. to refine; clarify.
Ex. To bring out all its native clarity, [the sherry] is fined with the whites of eggs (New Yorker).