fine

:  to impose a fine on :  punish by a fine

1a :  free from impurityb of a metal :  having a stated proportion of pure metal in the composition expressed in parts per thousand a gold coin .9166 fine

2a (1) :  very thin in gauge or texture fine thread (2) :  not coarse fine sand (3) :  very small fine print (4) :  keen a knife with a fine edge (5) :  very precise or accurate a fine adjustment trying to be too fine with his pitchesb :  physically trained or hardened close to the limit of efficiency —used of an athlete or animal

3 :  delicate, subtle, or sensitive in quality, perception, or discrimination a fine distinction

4 :  superior in kind, quality, or appearance :  excellent a fine job a fine day fine wines

5a :  ornate 1 fine writingb :  marked by or affecting elegance or refinement fine manners

6a :  very well feel fineb :  all right that's fine with me

7 —used as an intensive the leader, in a fine frenzy, beheaded one of his wives — Brian Crozier

1 :  finely: such asa :  very wellb :  all right

2 :  with a very narrow margin of time or space she had not intended to cut her escape so fine — Melinda Beck et al.

1 :  purify, clarify fine and filter wine

2 :  to make finer in quality or size

1 :  to become pure or clear the ale will fine

2 :  to become smaller in lines or proportions

:  end —used as a direction in music to mark the closing point after a repeat

:  a sum of money to be paid as a punishment

:  to punish by requiring payment of a sum of money

1 :  very good in quality or appearance a fine swimmer a fine garden

2 :  satisfactory That's fine with me.

3 :  very small or thin fine print

4 :  made up of very small pieces fine sand

:  very well I'm doing fine.

of bodily tremors :  of slight excursion

1 :  a sum imposed as punishment for an offense — compare restitution

2 :  a forfeiture or penalty paid to an injured party in a civil action

:  to impose a fine on :  punish by fine