Fine (superl.) Finished |
Fine (superl.) Aiming at show or effect |
Fine (superl.) Nice |
Fine (superl.) Not coarse, gross, or heavy |
Fine (superl.) Not gross |
Fine (superl.) Not coarse |
Fine (superl.) Not thick or heavy |
Fine (superl.) Thin |
Fine (superl.) Made of fine materials |
Fine (superl.) Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition |
Fine (superl.) (Used ironically.) |
Fine (a.) To make fine |
Fine (a.) To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc. |
Fine (a.) To change by fine gradations |
Fine (n.) End |
Fine (n.) A sum of money paid as the settlement of a claim, or by way of terminating a matter in dispute |
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 |
Fine (v. i.) To pay a fine. See Fine, n., 3 (b). |
Fine (v. t.) To finish |
Make (n.) A companion |
Make (v. t.) To cause to exist |
Make (v. t.) To form of materials |
Make (v. t.) To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or false |
Make (v. t.) To bring about |
Make (v. t.) To execute with the requisite formalities |
Make (v. t.) To gain, as the result of one's efforts |
Make (v. t.) To find, as the result of calculation or computation |
Make (v. t.) To put a desired or desirable condition |
Make (v. t.) To cause to be or become |
Make (v. t.) To cause to appear to be |
Make (v. t.) To require |
Make (v. t.) To become |
Make (v. t.) To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials |
Make (v. t.) To be engaged or concerned in. |
Make (v. t.) To reach |
Make (v. i.) To act in a certain manner |
Make (v. i.) To proceed |
Make (v. i.) To tend |
Make (v. i.) To increase |
Make (v. i.) To compose verses |
Make (n.) Structure, texture, constitution of parts |
Make-belief (n.) A feigning to believe |
Make-believe (n.) A feigning to believe, as in the play of children |
Make-believe (a.) Feigned |
Make-game (n.) An object of ridicule |
Make-peace (n.) A peacemaker. |
Make-up (n.) The way in which the parts of anything are put together |
Ordered (imp. & p. p.) of Order |
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 |
makeshift stopgap make-do | something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency |
shuffle shuffling make | the act of mixing cards haphazardly |
busywork make-work | active work of little value, while he was waiting he filled the days with busywork |
make-believe pretend | the enactment of a pretense, it was just pretend |
conviction judgment of conviction condemnation sentence | (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed, the conviction came as no surprise |
art fine art | the products of human creativity, works of art collectively, an art exhibition, a fine collection of art |
fine-tooth comb fine-toothed comb | a comb with teeth set close together |
makeup make-up war paint | cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance |
constitution composition physical composition makeup make-up | the way in which someone or something is composed |
pretense pretence make-believe | imaginative intellectual play |
brand make | a recognizable kind, there's a new brand of hero in the movies now, what make of car is that? |
fine arts beaux arts | the study and creation of visual works of art |
syntax sentence structure phrase structure | the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences |
sentence | a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language, he always spoke in grammatical sentences |
simple sentence | a sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses |
complex sentence | a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause |
loose sentence | a complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows |
periodic sentence | a complex sentence in which the main clause comes last and is preceded by the subordinate clause |
compound sentence | a sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses |
declarative sentence declaratory sentence | a sentence (in the indicative mood) that makes a declaration |
run-on sentence | an ungrammatical sentence in which two or more independent clauses are conjoined without a conjunction |
topic sentence | a sentence that states the topic of its paragraph |
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 |
sentence stress | the distribution of stresses within a sentence |
question interrogation interrogative interrogative sentence | a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply, he asked a direct question, he had trouble phrasing his interrogations |
makeup make-up | an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event, he missed the test and had to take a makeup, the two teams played a makeup one week later |
conciliator make-peace pacifier peacemaker reconciler | someone who tries to bring peace |
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 |
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 |
scale scale of measurement graduated table ordered series | an ordered reference standard, judging on a scale of to |
prison term sentence time | the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned, he served a prison term of months, his sentence was toyears, he is doing time in the county jail |
life sentence life | a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives, he got life for killing the guard |
make | act in a certain way so as to acquire, make friends, make enemies |
relax unstrain unlax loosen up unwind make relaxed | cause to feel relaxed, A hot bath always relaxes me |
grimace make a face pull a face | contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state, He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do |
make up | apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier, She makes herself up every morning |
f make urinate piddle puddle micturate piss pee pee-pee make water relieve oneself take a leak spend a penny wee wee-wee pass water | eliminate urine, Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug |
stool defecate shit take a shit take a crap ca-ca crap make | have a bowel movement, The dog had made in the flower beds |
make | behave in a certain way, make merry |
make as if | begin or appear to begin an action, He made as if to shake my hand |
make get | give certain properties to something, get someone mad, She made us look silly, He made a fool of himself at the meeting, Don't make this into a big deal, This invention will make you a millionaire, Make yourself clear |
develop make grow | cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development, The perfect climate here develops the grain, He developed a new kind of apple |