Fine Definition–adjective | 1. | of superior or best quality; of high or highest grade: fine wine. | | 2. | choice, excellent, or admirable: a fine painting. | | 3. | consisting of minute particles: fine sand; a fine purée. | | 4. | very thin or slender: fine thread. | | 5. | keen or sharp, as a tool: Is the knife fine enough to carve well? | | 6. | delicate in texture; filmy: fine cotton fabric. | | 7. | delicately fashioned: fine tracery. | | 8. | highly skilled or accomplished: a fine musician. | | 9. | trained to the maximum degree, as an athlete. | | 10. | characterized by or affecting refinement or elegance: a fine lady. | | 11. | polished or refined: fine manners. | | 12. | affectedly ornate or elegant: A style so fine repels the average reader. | | 13. | delicate or subtle: a fine distinction. | | 14. | bright and clear: a fine day; fine skin. | | 15. | healthy; well: In spite of his recent illness, he looks fine. | | 16. | showy or smart; elegant in appearance: a bird of fine plumage. | | 17. | good-looking or handsome: a fine young man. | | 18. | (of a precious metal or its alloy) free from impurities or containing a large amount of pure metal: fine gold; Sterling silver is 92.5 percent fine. | –adverb | 19. | Informal. in an excellent manner; very well: He did fine on the exams. She sings fine. | | 20. | very small: She writes so fine I can hardly read it. | | 21. | Billiards, Pool. in such a way that the driven ball barely touches the object ball in passing. | | 22. | Nautical. as close as possible to the wind: sailing fine. | –verb (used without object) | 23. | to become fine or finer, as by refining. | | 24. | to become less, as in size or proportions; reduce; diminish (often f
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ol. by down): The plumpness fines down with exercise. | –verb (used with object) | 25. | to make fine or finer, esp. by refining or pulverizing. | | 26. | to reduce the size or proportions of (often used with down or away): to fine down the heavy features; to fine away superfluous matter in a design. | | 27. | to clarify (wines or spirits) by filtration. | –noun | 28. | fines, | a. | Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def. 29a). | | b. | Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain. | | —Idiom | 29. | cut fine, to calculate precisely, esp. without allowing for possible error or accident: To finish in ten minutes is to cut it too fine. | |
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Wine Definition–noun | 1. | the fermented juice of grapes, made in many varieties, such as red, white, sweet, dry, still, and sparkling, for use as a beverage, in cooking, in religious rites, etc., and usually having an alcoholic content of 14 percent or less
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as a beverage, sauce, etc.: gooseberry wine; currant wine. | | 4. | a dark reddish color, as of red wines. | | 6. | something that invigorates, cheers, or intoxicates like wine. | | 7. | British. | a. | a social gathering at which wine is the major beverage. | | b. | a party, esp. one held by university students, for drinking wine. | | | 8. | Obsolete. intoxication due to the drinking of wine. | –adjective –verb (used with object) | 10. | to supply with wine: He wined his cellar with rare vintages. | –verb (used without object) —Idioms | 12. | new wine in old bottles, something new placed in or superimposed on an old or existing form, system, etc. Matt. 9:17. | | 13. | wine and dine, to entertain lavishly: They wined and dined us in order to get us to sign the new contract. | |
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