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1. Meaning 1 · noun

   Fine champagne; French brandy.

2. Meaning 2 · noun

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

   “They filtered silt and fines out of the soil.”

3. Meaning 3 · verb

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

   “to fine gold”

4. Meaning 4 · verb

   To become finer, purer, or cleaner.

5. Meaning 5 · verb

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

   “to fine the soil”

6. Meaning 6 · verb

   To change by fine gradations.

   “to fine down a ship's lines, i.e. to diminish her lines gradually”

7. Meaning 7 · verb

   To clarify (wine and beer) by filtration.

8. Meaning 8 · verb

   To become gradually fine; to diminish; to dwindle (with away, down, or off).

9. Meaning 9 · adjective

   Senses referring to subjective quality.

10. Meaning 10 · adjective

    Senses referring to objective quality.

11. Meaning 11 · adjective

    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 [...]”

12. Meaning 12 · adjective

    Subtle; thin; tenuous.

13. Meaning 13 · adverb

    Expression of (typically) reluctant agreement.

14. Meaning 14 · adverb

    Well, nicely, in a positive way.

    “Everything worked out fine.”

15. Meaning 15 · adverb

    Finely; elegantly; delicately.

16. Meaning 16 · adverb

    In a manner so that the driven ball strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be barely deflected, the object ball being driven to one side.

How this word is used

• General “They filtered silt and fines out of the soil.”
• Everyday “to fine gold”
• General “to fine the soil”
• General “to fine down a ship's lines, i.e. to diminish her lines gradually”
• General “[...] to nudge it through the covers (or tickle it down to fine leg) for a four [...]”
• General “Everything worked out fine.”

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