fynne

Noun (1)

fine (plural fines)

1. Fine champagne; French brandy.
   • We had dined at l'Avenue's, and afterward went to the Café de Versailles for coffee. We had several fines after the coffee, and I said I must be going.1926, Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, Scribner, published 2003, page 14
2. (plural-normally) Something that is fine; fine particles.
   • They filtered silt and fines out of the soil.

Noun (2)

fine (plural fines)

1. A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law.
   • The fine for jay-walking has gone from two dollars to thirty in the last fifteen years.
2. (obsolete) Money paid by a tenant on the commencement of a tenancy so that their rent may be small or nominal.
3. (Cambridge University slang) A drink that must be taken during a meal or as part of a drinking game, following an announcement that anyone who has done some (usually outrageous) deed is to be fined; similar to I have never; commonly associated with swaps; very similar to a sconce at Oxford University, though a fine is the penalty itself rather than the act of issuing it.
   • Fine if you've…

Noun (3)

fine (plural fines)

1. The end of a musical composition.

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Noun

fin (plural fins)

1. One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
   • The fish's fins minimize water flow.
2. A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
   • a dolphin's fin

   Synonyms:

   flipper

3. A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.
   • The fin stabilises the plane in flight.
4. A similar structure protruding from a projectile, used to help keep it on course.
5. A similar structure on the bottom of a surfboard, used to help steer it.
6. A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along the top of the head from about the crown to the forehead.

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