fine
/faɪn/ verb C2- To issue a fine as punishment to (someone). · She was fined a thousand dollars for littering, but she appealed.
- To pay a fine.
He/she/it fines · Past fined · Past participle fined · -ing form fining
Verb forms
- Base form
- fine
- He/she/it
- fines
- Past
- fined
- Past participle
- fined
- -ing form
- fining
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Toto was a fine curiosity to all the people, for they had never seen a dog before.
“I have heard much of your master’s fine person,” said Mrs.
He was a fine, tall, slim young fellow of eighteen or twenty, with black eyes, and hair as dark as a raven’s wing; and his whole appearance bespoke that calmness and resolution peculiar to men accustomed from their cradle to contend with danger.
A HORSE, proud of his fine trappings, met an Ass on the highway.
Other matches
- fine Of superior quality. A1
- fine Fine champagne B1
- fine To make finer, purer, or cleaner B2
- fine Well, nicely, in a positive, agreeable way. B2
- fine A final agreement concerning lands or rents bet... C2
- fine A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law. C2
- fine The end of a musical composition. C2
- fine Expression of C2
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