fine-tooth comb fine-toothed comb | a method of examining in minute detail, he went over the contract with a fine-tooth comb looking for loopholes |
apparatus setup | equipment designed to serve a specific function |
art fine art | the products of human creativity, works of art collectively, an art exhibition, a fine collection of art |
breathing device breathing apparatus breathing machine ventilator | a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure |
fine-tooth comb fine-toothed comb | a comb with teeth set close together |
grinding wheel emery wheel | a wheel composed of abrasive material, used for grinding |
gymnastic apparatus exerciser | sports equipment used in gymnastic exercises |
Kipp's apparatus | a laboratory apparatus for producing a gas (usually hydrogen sulfide) by the action of a liquid on a solid without heating |
apparatus | (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function, the breathing apparatus |
auditory apparatus | all of the components of the organ of hearing including the outer and middle and inner ears |
vestibular apparatus vestibular system | organs mediating the labyrinthine sense, concerned with equilibrium |
lacrimal apparatus | the structures that secrete and drain tears from the eye |
Golgi body Golgi apparatus Golgi complex dictyosome | a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions) |
urogenital system urogenital apparatus urinary system urinary apparatus genitourinary system genitourinary apparatus systema urogenitale apparatus urogenitalis | the system that includes all organs involved in reproduction and in the formation and voidance of urine |
fine arts beaux arts | the study and creation of visual works of art |
small print fine print | material printed in small type, he needed his glasses in order to read the fine print |
Master of Fine Arts MFA | a master's degree in fine arts |
Doctor of Fine Arts | an honorary degree in fine arts |
fine print small print | the part of a contract that contains reservations and qualifications that are often printed in small type, don't sign a contract without reading the fine print |
grinding | a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears) |
grinding | material resulting from the process of grinding, vegetable grindings clogged the drain |
fine spray | precipitation in very small drops |
fine structure | the presence of groups of closely spaced spectrum lines observed in the atomic spectrum of certain elements, the fine structure results from slightly different energy levels |
grinding abrasion attrition detrition | the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice |
leather flower vase-fine vase vine Clematis viorna | scandent subshrub of southeastern United States having large red-purple bell-shaped flowers with leathery recurved sepals |
bell heather heather bell fine-leaved heath Erica cinerea | common low European shrub with purpleed flowers |
fine mulct amercement | money extracted as a penalty |
library fine | fine imposed by a library on books that overdue when returned |
calibrate graduate fine-tune | make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring, calibrate an instrument, graduate a cylinder |
fine-tune tweak | adjust finely, fine-tune the engine |
polish refine fine-tune down | improve or perfect by pruning or polishing, refine one's style of writing |
ticket fine | issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty, I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street, Move your car or else you will be ticketed! |
fine-looking good-looking better-looking handsome well-favored well-favoured | pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion, a fine-looking woman, a good-looking man, better-looking than her sister, very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome- Thackeray, our southern women are well-favored- Lillian Hellman |
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-leaved fine-leafed | having fine leaves |
fine | minutely precise especially in differences in meaning, a fine distinction |
fine | free from impurities, having a high or specified degree of purity, gold carats fine |
all right fine o.k. ok okay hunky-dory | 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 |
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 |
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 |
powdered powdery pulverized pulverised small-grained fine-grained | consisting of fine particles, powdered cellulose, powdery snow, pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding |
fine-textured smooth-textured | having a smooth, fine-grained structure |
fine | thin in thickness or diameter, a fine film of oil, fine hairs, read the fine print |
fine-toothed(a) fine-tooth(a) | having fine teeth set close together, a fine-toothed comb |
very well fine alright all right OK | an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence |
finely fine delicately exquisitely | in a delicate manner, finely shaped features, her fine drawn body |