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Words with a similar base: fine, finely

'fine'

[fine.n.01] as in: money extracted as a penalty

'fine'

[ticket.v.01] as in: issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty

Examples:
I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street
Move your car or else you will be ticketed!

'fine'

[all_right.s.01] as in: being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

Examples:
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 been fine

'fine'

[fine.s.02] as in: minutely precise especially in differences in meaning

Examples:
a fine distinction

'fine'

[fine.s.03] as in: thin in thickness or diameter

Examples:
a fine film of oil
fine hairs
read the fine print

'fine'

[fine.s.04] as in: characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment

Examples:
fine wine
looking fine in her Easter suit
a fine gentleman
fine china and crystal
a fine violinist
the fine hand of a master

'fine'

[fine.a.05] as in: of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles

Examples:
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

'fine'

[fine.s.05] as in: free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity

Examples:
gold 21 carats fine

'fine'

[very_well.r.02] as in: an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence

'fine'

[finely.r.03] as in: in a delicate manner

Examples:
finely shaped features
her fine drawn body

Origins

					fine (English)
├── fin (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   ├── fin (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
│   └── finn (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
├── fine (Italian)
│   └── finis (Latin)
└── finer (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
    └── finire (Latin)