A pecuniary punishment or penalty imposed by lawful tribunal upon person convicted of crime or misdemeanor.
(informal) 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"; "nother minute I'd have been fine"
being in good health; "he's feeling all right again"; "I'm fine; how are you?"
(of weather) highly enjoyable; very pleasant; "a beautiful evening"
of superior grade; "choice wines"; "fine wines" "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"
of delicate composition and artistry; "a dainty teacup"; "an exquisite cameo"; "fine china and crystal"
able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive; "discerning taste"; "a fine eye for color"
characterized by elegance or refinement; "looking fine in her Easter suit"; "a fine gentleman"
very small; "be sure to read the fine print"
minutely precise especially in differences in meaning; "a fine distinction"
trained to the highest degree of physical excellence; "a fine racehorse"
superior in skill or ability or accomplishment; "a fine violinist"; "a fine athlete"; "a fine mind"; "the scupture showed the fine hand of a master"; "a fine performance"
of texture; being small-grained or smooth to the touch or having fine 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"
(metallurgy) having a high or specified degree of purity; "gold 21 carats fine"
the act of imposing a fine
superior to the average; "in fine spirits"; "a fine student"; "a fine summer day"; "made good grades"; "morale was good"; "had good weather for the parade"
impose a fine on
money extracted as a penalty
used ironically; "a fine mess"; "a pretty kettle of fish"
very thin in gauge or diameter; "fine hairs"; "a tenuous thread"
in an excellent and skilled manner; "the soldiers were fighting finely"
in a delicate manner; "finely shaped features"; "her fine drawn body"
issue a ticket or a fine to; "I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street"; "Move your car or else you will be ticketed!"
sentence-initial expression of agreement
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!"
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"
(of weather) pleasant; not raining, perhaps with the sun shining; "a fine summer evening"
; free or impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity; "gold 21 carats fine"
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
superior to the average; "in fine spirits"; "a fine student"; "made good grades"; "morale was good"; "had good weather for the parade"
thin in thickness or diameter; "a fine film of oil"; "fine hairs"; "read the fine print"
being in good health; "he''s feeling all right again"; "I''m fine, how are you?"
in a superior and skilled manner; "the soldiers were fighting finely"
issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty
characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment
minutely precise especially in differences in meaning
free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles
thin in thickness or diameter
an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence
