noun
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Fine champagne; French brandy.
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(usually in the plural) Something that is fine; fine particles.
example
They filtered silt and fines out of the soil.
verb
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To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify.
example
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.
example
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).
noun
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A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law.
example
The fine for jay-walking has gone from two dollars to thirty in the last fifteen years.
verb
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To issue a fine as punishment to (someone).
example
She was fined a thousand dollars for littering, but she appealed.
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To pay a fine.
noun
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The end of a musical composition.
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The location in a musical score that indicates the end of the piece, particularly when the piece ends somewhere in the middle of the score due to a section of the music being repeated.
noun
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End; conclusion; termination; extinction.
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A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
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A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease.
verb
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To finish; to cease.
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To cause to cease; to stop.