fine

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A sum of money required to be paid especially to the government as a penalty for an offense.
• noun Obsolete An end; a termination.
• transitive verb To require the payment of a fine from; impose a fine on.
• idiom (in fine) In conclusion; finally.
• idiom (in fine) In summation; in brief.
• adjective Of superior quality, skill, or appearance.
• adjective Excellent in character or ability.
• adjective Very small in size, weight, or thickness.
• adjective Free from impurities.
• adjective Metallurgy Containing pure metal in a specified proportion or amount.
• adjective Very sharp; keen.
• adjective Thin; slender.
• adjective Carefully or delicately made or done: synonym: exquisite.
• adjective Consisting of very small particles; not coarse.
• adjective Marginally different or subtle.
• adjective Able to make or detect effects of great subtlety or precision; sensitive.
• adjective Trained to the highest degree of physical efficiency.
• adjective Characterized by refinement or elegance.
• adjective Satisfactory; acceptable.
• adjective Being in a state of satisfactory health; quite well.
• adjective Used as an intensive.
• adverb Finely.
• adverb Informal Very well.
• transitive & intransitive verb To make or become finer, purer, or cleaner.

from The Century Dictionary.

• In general, finished; consummate; perfect in form or quality; polished, adroit, in manner or action; delicate, slender, minute, thin, rare, in size, proportion, or consistence: opposed to coarse, gross, crude, rough, unfinished, etc.
• Specifically Excellent or perfect in form, style, or aspect; beautiful; attractive; showy: as, a man of fine appearance; a fine horse; a fine house or landscape; a fine display of flags.
• Exquisite or elegant in manner, action, appearance, or use; making or constituting an attractive or imposing display; aiming to please; pleasing; gratifying: as, a fine lady or gentleman; fine feathers make fine birds; fine clothes or furniture.
• Perfect or excellent in kind; suitable or admirable in character or quality; very fit or proper; superior: as, fine roads; fine weather; fine sport; a fine entertainment.
• Of exquisite quality; refined; choice; elegant; delicate; dainty: as, a fine compliment; a fine wine; fine workmanship; fine texture; fine manners.
• Attracting pleased or interested attention; admirable; notable; remarkable; striking: often ironical: as, some fine day you will discover your mistake.
• Expert in knowledge or action; accomplished; skilled or skilful; adroit; apt; handy: as, a fine actor or musician; a fine scholar or workman.
• Delicate in perception or feeling; nicely discriminating; acutely susceptible to impressions: as, a fine wit; a fine taste; a fine sense of color.
• Minutely precise or exact; subtle: as, a fine distinction; a fine point in an argument.
• Free from foreign matter; without dross or feculence or other impurities; clear; pure; refined: as, fine gold; fine oil.
• Delicate or choice in material, texture, or style; light, thin, elegant, tasteful, etc., according to the nature of the thing spoken of: as, fine silk or wool; fine linen or cambric.
• Thin in consistence; subtile; rare; tenuous: as, fine spirits evaporate rapidly.
• Consisting of minute particles, grains, drops, flakes, etc.: as, fine sand or flour; fine rain or snow; fine shot.
• Very small in girth or diameter; slender; attenuated: as, fine thread; fine wire; a fine hair; a fine needle.
• Keen; sharp; easily penetrating: as, the fine edge of a razor; a fine point, as of a needle or a thorn.
• Sheer; mere; pure; absolute: in the old phrase fine force.
• A casting from a mold in the preparation of which special care has been taken. See figure-casting.
• To bring to an end.
• To subject to a pecuniary penalty; set a fine upon, as by judgment of a court or by any competent authority; punish by fine: as, jurors are fined for non-attendance; absent members are fined.
• To pay by way of fine or fee.
• To pledge; pawn.
• To condemn; pronounce judgment against.
• To come to an end; end; cease.