Index of English words, starting with "fi"

(1) - Fine (a.) To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine gold.
(2) - Fine (superl.) Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament; overdressed or overdecorated; showy.
(3) - Fine (superl.) Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful; dexterous.
(4) - Fine (superl.) Not coarse, gross, or heavy
(5) - Fine (superl.) Not gross; subtile; thin; tenous.
(6) - Fine (superl.) Not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine sand or flour.
(7) - Fine (superl.) Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread.
(8) - Fine (superl.) Thin; attenuate; keen; as, a fine edge.
(9) - Fine (superl.) Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen or silk.
(10) - Fine (superl.) Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful.
(11) - Fine (superl.) (Used ironically.)
(12) - Fine (v. t.) To finish; to cease; or to cause to cease.
(13) - Fine (a.) To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.; as. to fine the soil.
(14) - Fine (a.) To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually.
(15) - Fine (n.) End; conclusion; termination; extinction.
(16) - Fine (n.) A sum of money paid as the settlement of a claim, or by way of terminating a matter in dispute; especially, a payment of money imposed upon a party as a punishment for an offense; a mulct.
(17) - Fine (n.) A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
(18) - Fine (n.) 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.
(19) - Fine (n.) To impose a pecuniary penalty upon for an offense or breach of law; to set a fine on by judgment of a court; to punish by fine; to mulct; as, the trespassers were fined ten dollars.
(20) - Fine (v. i.) To pay a fine. See Fine, n., 3 (b).
(21) - Fine (superl.) Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; as, coins nine tenths fine.

(1) - Fineness (a.) Keenness or sharpness; as, the fineness of a needle's point, or of the edge of a blade.
(2) - Fineness (a.) The proportion of pure silver or gold in jewelry, bullion, or coins.
(3) - Fineness (a.) Freedom from foreign matter or alloy; clearness; purity; as, the fineness of liquor.
(4) - Fineness (a.) The quality or condition of being fine.

(1) - Finer (n.) One who fines or purifies.

(1) - Finery (n.) A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling.
(2) - Finery (n.) Ornament; decoration; especially, excecially decoration; showy clothes; jewels.
(3) - Finery (n.) Fineness; beauty.