• noun:   money extracted as a penalty
• verb:   issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty

  Example: "I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street"

• adjective:   (of weather) pleasant; not raining, perhaps with the sun shining

  Example: "A fine summer evening"

• adjective:   minutely precise especially in differences in meaning

  Example: "A fine distinction"

• adjective:   ; free or impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity

  Example: "Gold 21 carats fine"

• adjective:   of texture; being small-grained or smooth to the touch or having fine particles

  Example: "Wood with a fine grain"

• adjective:   superior to the average

  Example: "In fine spirits"

• adjective:   thin in thickness or diameter

  Example: "A fine film of oil"

• adjective:   characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment

  Example: "Fine wine"

• adjective:   being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

  Example: "Everything's fine"

• adjective:   being in good health

  Example: "I'm fine, how are you?"

• adverb:   sentence-initial expression of agreement
• adverb:   in a delicate manner

  Example: "Finely shaped features"

• adverb:   in a superior and skilled manner

  Example: "The soldiers were fighting finely"

• name:  A surname (rare: 1 in 25000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #3297)

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