fine

(noun): Fine champagne; French brandy.
(noun): (usually in the plural) Something that is fine; fine particles.
(verb): To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify.
(verb): To become finer, purer, or cleaner.
(verb): To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.
(verb): To change by fine gradations.
(verb): To clarify (wine and beer) by filtration.
(verb): To become gradually fine; to diminish; to dwindle (with away, down, or off).
(adjective): Senses referring to subjective quality.
(adjective): Senses referring to objective quality.
(adjective): Behind the batsman and at a small angle to the line between the wickets.
(adjective): Subtle; thin; tenuous.
(adverb): Expression of (typically) reluctant agreement.
(adverb): Well, nicely, in a positive way.
(adverb): Finely; elegantly; delicately.
(adverb): In a manner so that the driven ball strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be barely deflected, the object ball being driven to one side.

They filtered silt and fines out of the soil.
to fine gold
to fine the soil
to fine down a ship's lines, i.e. to diminish her lines gradually
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