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”

Synonyms: clarify, 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 [...]”

Synonyms: fine-threaded, fine-grained, powdered, powdery, pulverised, pulverized, small-grained, all right

adverb

1. Expression of (typically) reluctant agreement.

2. Well, nicely, in a positive way.

   “Everything worked out fine.”

3. Finely; elegantly; delicately.

Synonyms: OK, all right, alright, very well