fine

/fɑɪn/ adj [-er/-est only] (THIN)

Definition

› very thin or in very small grains or drops: fine blond hair The paint comes out of the can in a fine spray. She has her mother’s fine (= delicate and beautiful) features.

(Definition of fine adj (THIN) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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find v JUDGE
find yourself somewhere idiom
finding n
fine adj EXCELLENT
fine adj THIN
fine adj, adv SATISFACTORY
fine art n
fine n PUNISHMENT
fine print n
fine-tune v

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fine adj, adv SATISFACTORY
fine adj EXCELLENT
fine n PUNISHMENT
fine v, at fine n PUNISHMENT
fine art n
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