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fine - money extracted as a penalty |
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penalty (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game
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library fine fine imposed by a library on books that overdue when returned
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fine - 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" |
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coarse,
harsh lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich"
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smooth lacking obstructions or difficulties; "the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly"
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texture the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance); "breadfruit has the same texture as bread"; "sand of a fine grain"; "fish with a delicate flavor and texture"; "a stone of coarse grain"
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tight,
close affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow; "tight money"; "a tight market"
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close-grained,
fine-grained dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells; "close-grained birch"; "fine-grained rock"
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dustlike as fine and powdery as dust
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floury resembling flour in fine powdery texture; "a floury clay"
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nongranular not having granules; "clear nongranular cytoplasm"
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powdered,
pulverised,
pulverized,
small-grained,
fine-grained,
powdery consisting of fine particles; "powdered cellulose"; "powdery snow"; "pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding"
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small limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"
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superfine (used especially of merchandise) very fine in quality; "made of superfine Flemish cloth"
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fine - free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity; "gold 21 carats fine" |
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pure in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"
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metallurgy the science and technology of metals
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fine - thin in thickness or diameter; "a fine film of oil"; "fine hairs"; "read the fine print" |
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thin lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
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fine - 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" |
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elegant refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid"
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fine - minutely precise especially in differences in meaning; "a fine distinction" |
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precise sharply exact or accurate or delimited; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment"
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