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fine

/fæːn/
noun
  1. Fine champagne; French brandy.

  2. (usually in the plural) Something that is fine; fine particles.

    "They filtered silt and fines out of the soil."

verb
  1. To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify.

    "to fine gold"

  2. To become finer, purer, or cleaner.

  3. To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.

    "to fine the soil"

Synonymsclarify, purify, refine
adjective
  1. Senses referring to subjective quality.

  2. Senses referring to objective quality.

  3. Behind the batsman and at a small angle to the line between the wickets.

    "[...] to nudge it through the covers (or tickle it down to fine leg) for a four [...]"

Synonymsfine-threaded, fine-grained, powdered, powdery, pulverised, pulverized
Antonymscoarse, coarse
adverb
  1. Expression of (typically) reluctant agreement.

  2. Well, nicely, in a positive way.

    "Everything worked out fine."

  3. Finely; elegantly; delicately.

SynonymsOK, all right, alright, very well

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