noun
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Fine champagne; French brandy.
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(usually in the plural) Something that is fine; fine particles.
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They filtered silt and fines out of the soil.
verb
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To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify.
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to fine gold
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To become finer, purer, or cleaner.
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To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.
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to fine the soil
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To change by fine gradations.
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to fine down a ship's lines, i.e. to diminish her lines gradually
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To clarify (wine and beer) by filtration.
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To become gradually fine; to diminish; to dwindle (with away, down, or off).
adjective
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Senses referring to subjective quality.
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Senses referring to objective quality.
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Behind the batsman and at a small angle to the line between the wickets.
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[...] to nudge it through the covers (or tickle it down to fine leg) for a four [...]
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Subtle; thin; tenuous.
adverb
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Expression of (typically) reluctant agreement.
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Well, nicely, in a positive way.
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Everything worked out fine.
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Finely; elegantly; delicately.
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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.