Definition of finest in English

Wiktionary

finest (Noun)
police officers.

Part of speech

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finest, adjective, superlative of fine.

WordNet

Noun Plural: fines
fine - money extracted as a penalty
		mulct, amercement
		penalty (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game
Adjective fine, finer, finest
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"
		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"
		smooth lacking obstructions or difficulties; "the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly"
		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"
		tight, close affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow; "tight money"; "a tight market"
		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"
		dustlike as fine and powdery as dust
		floury resembling flour in fine powdery texture; "a floury clay"
		nongranular not having granules; "clear nongranular cytoplasm"
		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"
		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"
fine - free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity; "gold 21 carats fine"
		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"
fine - thin in thickness or diameter; "a fine film of oil"; "fine hairs"; "read the fine print"
		thin lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
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"
fine - minutely precise especially in differences in meaning; "a fine distinction"
fine - being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "an all-right movie"; "the passengers were shaken up but are all right"; "is everything all right?"; "everything's fine"; "things are okay"; "dinner and the movies had been fine"; "another minute I'd have been fine"
		all right, o.k., ok, okay, hunky-dory
		satisfactory meeting requirements; "the step makes a satisfactory seat"

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Wiktionary

fine (Noun)
fine Fine champagne ; French brandy.
fine (Noun)
Something that is fine; fine particles.
fine (Noun)
A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law.
fine (Noun)
The end of a musical composition.
fine (Noun)
The location in a musical score that indicates the end of the piece, particularly when the piece ends somewhere in the middle of the score due to a section of the music being repeated.
fine (Verb)
To make finer, purer, or cleaner.
fine (Verb)
To become finer, purer, or cleaner.
fine (Verb)
To clarify wine and beer by filtration.
fine (Verb)
To issue a fine as punishment to someone.
fine (Verb)
To finish; to cease.
fine (Verb)
To cause to cease; to stop.
fine (Adverb)
Expression of agreement.
fine (Adverb)
well, nicely, in a positive way.
fine (Adjective)
Of superior quality.
fine (Adjective)
Of a particular grade of quality, usually between very good and very fine, and below mint.
fine (Adjective)
Sunny and not raining.
fine (Adjective)
Being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory.
fine (Adjective)
Good-looking, attractive.
fine (Adjective)
Consisting of especially minute particulate; made up of particularly small pieces.
fine (Adjective)
Particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth.
fine (Adjective)
Made of slender or thin filaments.
fine (Adjective)
Subtle, delicately balanced.
fine (Adjective)
Behind the batsman and at a small angle to the line between the wickets.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

fine (superl.)
Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful.
fine (superl.)
Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament; overdressed or overdecorated; showy.
fine (superl.)
Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful; dexterous.
fine (superl.)
Not coarse, gross, or heavy
fine (superl.)
Not gross; subtile; thin; tenous.
fine (superl.)
Not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine sand or flour.
fine (superl.)
Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread.
fine (superl.)
Thin; attenuate; keen; as, a fine edge.
fine (superl.)
Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen or silk.
fine (superl.)
Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; as, coins nine tenths fine.
fine (superl.)
(Used ironically.)
fine (a.)
To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine gold.
fine (a.)
To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.; as. to fine the soil.
fine (a.)
To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually.
fine (n.)
End; conclusion; termination; extinction.
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.
fine (n.)
A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
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.
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.
fine (v. i.)
To pay a fine. See Fine, n., 3 (b).
fine (v. t.)
To finish; to cease; or to cause to cease.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

fine
A pecuniary punishment or penalty imposed by lawful tribunal upon person convicted of crime or misdemeanor.
fine
Good enough.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

fine
fīn, adj. excellent: beautiful: not coarse or heavy: subtle: thin: slender: exquisite: nice: delicate: overdone: showy: splendid: striking or remarkable (often ironically): pure, refined: consisting of small particles; sharp, keen.—v.t. to make fine: to refine: to purify: to change by imperceptible degrees.—adv. (Scot.) for finely, well.—v.t. Fine′-draw, to draw or sew up a rent so finely that it is not seen.—p.adj. Fine′-drawn, drawn out too finely.—adj. Fine′ish, somewhat fine.—adv. Fine′ly.—ns. Fine′ness; Fin′er (same as Refiner); Fin′ery, splendour, fine or showy things: a place where anything is fined or refined: a furnace for making iron malleable.—adjs. Fine′-spok′en, using fine phrases; Fine′-spun, finely spun out: artfully contrived.—Fine arts, as painting, sculpture, music, those chiefly concerned with the beautiful—opp. to the Useful or Industrial arts. [Fr.,—L. finitus, finished, from finīre, to finish, finis, an end.]
fine
fīn, n. a composition: a sum of money imposed as a punishment.—v.t. to impose a fine on: to punish by fine: (Shak.) to pledge or pawn.—adj. Fine′less (Shak.), endless.—In fine, in conclusion. [Low L. finis, a fine—L. finis, an end.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

fine
A term of comparison, as fine ship, &c., or lean (which see). Also, see FYEN.

Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅

fine
Fine as five pence. Fine as a cow-t--d stuck with primroses.
fine
A man imprisoned for any offence. A fine of eighty-four months; a transportation for seven years.

Wikipedia

The word fine is used in English with two very different meanings.

1) People sometimes use the word fine as an adjective to mean that something is good.

2) We also use the word fine as a noun with a different meaning. Often, if a court or a judge says that someone did a crime, then the person has to pay some money to their government. This money is called a fine. Governments make these fines so people won't want to do the crime.

Sometimes we often use the word "fine" in the same way for businesses instead of governments. For example there are some businesses that will let us take books or videos to use in our homes for a few days. But if we keep the book or video for too long, we might have to pay a fine to that business.