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say it: fahyn
fine is an adjective, adverb, noun and verb meaning "being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition". It carries 10 recorded senses.
colloquialism
characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment
“fine wine”
“looking fine in her Easter suit”
“a fine gentleman”
“fine china and crystal”
“a fine violinist”
“the fine hand of a master”
of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles
“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”
free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity
“gold 21 carats fine”
metallurgy
in a delicate manner
“finely shaped features”
“her fine drawn body”
money extracted as a penalty
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for fine come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.