fine

nouns

money extracted as a penalty
amercement, fine, mulct

verbs

issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty
"I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street"; "Move your car or else you will be ticketed!"
fine, ticket

adjectives

being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
"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"
all right, fine, hunky-dory, o.k., ok, okay
minutely precise especially in differences in meaning
"a fine distinction"
fine
is similar to
sharply exact or accurate or delimited
"a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment"
precise
thin in thickness or diameter
"a fine film of oil"; "fine hairs"; "read the fine print"
fine
is derived from
fineness
is similar to
of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
"thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint"
thin
characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment
"fine wine"; "looking fine in her Easter suit"; "a fine gentleman"; "fine china and crystal"; "a fine violinist"; "the fine hand of a master"
fine
is similar to
refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
"elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid"
elegant
of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles
"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"
fine
is derived from
fineness
antonym
coarse
is similar to
of textiles
"a close weave"; "smooth percale with a very tight weave"
close, tight
is similar to
dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells
"close-grained birch"; "fine-grained rock"
close-grained, fine-grained
is similar to
as fine and powdery as dust
dustlike
is similar to
resembling flour in fine powdery texture
"a floury clay"
floury
is similar to
not having granules
"clear nongranular cytoplasm"
nongranular
is similar to
consisting of fine particles
"powdered cellulose"; "powdery snow"; "pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding"
fine-grained, powdered, powdery, pulverised, pulverized, small-grained
is similar to
have fine or very small constituent particles
"a small misty rain"
small
is similar to
of extremely fine size or texture
"superfine sugar"; "a superfine file"
superfine
see also
having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities
"smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop"; "smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a mirror"
smooth
is an attribute of
the feel of a surface or a fabric
"the wall had a smooth texture"
texture
free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity
"gold 21 carats fine"
fine
is similar to
free of extraneous elements of any kind
"pure air and water"; "pure gold"; "pure primary colors"; "the violin's pure and lovely song"; "pure tones"; "pure oxygen"
pure
domain category
the science and technology of metals
metallurgy

adverbs

an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence
OK, all right, alright, fine, very well
in a delicate manner
"finely shaped features"; "her fine drawn body"
delicately, exquisitely, fine, finely