fine: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of fine
- define«Word Popularity Bar5/5
define
- verb determine the essential quality of
delineate; delimitate; delimit; specify.
- verb give a definition for the meaning of a word
- Define `sadness'
- verb determine the essential quality of
- confine4/5
confine
- verb place limits on (extent or access)
throttle; bound; restrict; trammel; restrain; limit.
- restrict the use of this parking lot
- limit the time you can spend with your friends
- verb restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
circumscribe; limit.
- verb place limits on (extent or access)
- refine4/5
refine
- verb improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
down; polish; fine-tune.
- refine one's style of writing
- verb make more complex, intricate, or richer
rarify; elaborate; complicate.
- refine a design or pattern
- verb improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
- affine3/5
affine
- noun (anthropology) kin by marriage
- adjective (mathematics) of or pertaining to the geometry of affine transformations
- noun (anthropology) kin by marriage
- redefine3/5
redefine
- verb give a new or different definition to
- She redefined his duties
- verb give a new or different definition of (a word)
- verb give a new or different definition to
- superfine2/5
superfine
- adjective satellite of extremely fine size or texture
- superfine sugar
- a superfine file
- adjective satellite excessively delicate or refined
overrefined.
- adjective satellite of extremely fine size or texture
- hyperfine2/5
hyperfine
- adjective satellite extremely fine or thin, as in a spectral line split into two or more components
- hyperfine structure
- adjective satellite extremely fine or thin, as in a spectral line split into two or more components
- terbinafine2/5
terbinafine
- noun an oral antifungal drug (trade name Lamisil) used to treat cases of fungal nail disease
Lamisil.
- noun an oral antifungal drug (trade name Lamisil) used to treat cases of fungal nail disease
- ultrafine2/5
- predefine1/5
predefine
To define beforehand.
- paraffine1/5
paraffine
(Chem.) A white waxy substance, resembling spermaceti, tasteless and odorless, and obtained from coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc., by distillation. It is used as an illuminant and lubricant. It is very inert, not being acted upon by most of the strong chemical reagents. It was formerly regarded as a definite compound, but is now known to be a complex mixture of several higher hydrocarbons of the methane or marsh-gas series; hence, by extension, any substance, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, of the same chemical series; thus coal gas and kerosene consist largely of paraffins. ✍ In the present chemical usage this word is spelt paraffin, but in commerce it is commonly spelt paraffine.
- undefine1/5
undefine
To make indefinite; to obliterate or confuse the definition or limitations of.
Suffixes of fine
- finest«Word Popularity Bar5/5
fine
- noun money extracted as a penalty
amercement; mulct.
- verb issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty
ticket.
- I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street
- Move your car or else you will be ticketed!
- noun money extracted as a penalty
- finely4/5
finely
- adverb in tiny pieces
- the surfaces were finely granular
- adverb in an elegant manner
- finely costumed actors
- adverb in tiny pieces
- finer4/5
finer
- adjective satellite (comparative of `fine') greater in quality or excellence
- a finer wine
- a finer musician
- adjective satellite being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
all right; okay; hunky-dory; o.k.; ok; fine.
- 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
- adjective satellite (comparative of `fine') greater in quality or excellence
- fines4/5
fine
- noun money extracted as a penalty
amercement; mulct.
- verb issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty
ticket.
- I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street
- Move your car or else you will be ticketed!
- noun money extracted as a penalty
- fined3/5
fin
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
quintet; quintuplet; quint; Little Phoebe; cinque; fivesome; 5; Phoebe; V; five; pentad.
- noun one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile
tail fin; tailfin.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
- fineness3/5
fineness
- noun the quality of being very good indeed
choiceness.
- the inn is distinguished by the fineness of its cuisine
- noun the property of being very narrow or thin
thinness.
- he marvelled at the fineness of her hair
- noun the quality of being very good indeed
- finery3/5
finery
- noun elaborate or showy attire and accessories
- noun elaborate or showy attire and accessories
- finesse3/5
finesse
- noun subtly skillful handling of a situation
delicacy; discreetness; diplomacy.
- noun subtly skillful handling of a situation
- finessed2/5
fin
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
quintet; quintuplet; quint; Little Phoebe; cinque; fivesome; 5; Phoebe; V; five; pentad.
- noun one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile
tail fin; tailfin.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
- finessing1/5
fin
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
quintet; quintuplet; quint; Little Phoebe; cinque; fivesome; 5; Phoebe; V; five; pentad.
- noun one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile
tail fin; tailfin.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
- finesses1/5
finesse
- noun subtly skillful handling of a situation
delicacy; discreetness; diplomacy.
- noun subtly skillful handling of a situation
- finespun1/5
finespun
- adjective satellite developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety
delicate.
- the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense
- adjective satellite developed in excessively fine detail
hairsplitting.
- finespun distinctions
- adjective satellite developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety
- fineries1/5
finery
- noun elaborate or showy attire and accessories
- noun elaborate or showy attire and accessories
- finestra1/5
- finement1/5
finement
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
Derived words of fine
- refined«Word Popularity Bar5/5
refined
- adjective (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel
- she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship
- refined people with refined taste
- verb improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
down; polish; fine-tune; refine.
- refine one's style of writing
- adjective (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel
- defined5/5
defined
- adjective clearly characterized or delimited
- lost in a maze of words both defined and undefined
- each child has clearly defined duties
- verb determine the essential quality of
delineate; delimitate; delimit; specify; define.
- adjective clearly characterized or delimited
- confined5/5
confined
- adjective not invading healthy tissue
- verb place limits on (extent or access)
throttle; bound; restrict; trammel; restrain; limit; confine.
- restrict the use of this parking lot
- limit the time you can spend with your friends
- adjective not invading healthy tissue
- defines5/5
define
- verb determine the essential quality of
delineate; delimitate; delimit; specify.
- verb give a definition for the meaning of a word
- Define `sadness'
- verb determine the essential quality of
- refinement4/5
refinement
- noun a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
culture; polish; cultivation; finish.
- they performed with great polish
- I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose
- almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad
- noun the result of improving something
elaboration.
- he described a refinement of this technique
- noun a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
- confines4/5
confines
- noun a bounded scope
- he stayed within the confines of the city
- verb place limits on (extent or access)
throttle; bound; restrict; trammel; restrain; limit; confine.
- restrict the use of this parking lot
- limit the time you can spend with your friends
- noun a bounded scope
- confinement4/5
confinement
- noun concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
travail; lying-in; childbed; labor; parturiency; labour.
- she was in labor for six hours
- noun the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
- noun concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
- predefined4/5
predefine
To define beforehand.
- refinements3/5
refinement
- noun a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
culture; polish; cultivation; finish.
- they performed with great polish
- I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose
- almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad
- noun the result of improving something
elaboration.
- he described a refinement of this technique
- noun a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
- refinery3/5
refinery
- noun an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance
- noun an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance
- refineries3/5
refinery
- noun an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance
- noun an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance
- undefined3/5
undefined
- adjective not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished
vague.
- an undefined term
- undefined authority
- some undefined sense of excitement
- vague feelings of sadness
- a vague uneasiness
- adjective not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished
- redefined3/5
redefine
- verb give a new or different definition to
- She redefined his duties
- verb give a new or different definition of (a word)
- verb give a new or different definition to
- refines2/5
refine
- verb improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
down; polish; fine-tune.
- refine one's style of writing
- verb make more complex, intricate, or richer
rarify; elaborate; complicate.
- refine a design or pattern
- verb improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
- stuffiness2/5
stuffiness
- noun state of obstruction or stoppage or air in the nose or throat
- noun the quality of being close and poorly ventilated
closeness.
- noun state of obstruction or stoppage or air in the nose or throat
- unrefined2/5
unrefined
- adjective not refined or processed
unprocessed; crude.
- unrefined ore
- crude oil
- adjective (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth
- how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?
- adjective not refined or processed
- refiners2/5
refiner
- noun one whose work is to refine a specific thing
- he was a sugar refiner
- noun one whose work is to refine a specific thing
- refiner2/5
refiner
- noun one whose work is to refine a specific thing
- he was a sugar refiner
- noun one whose work is to refine a specific thing
- affines2/5
affine
- noun (anthropology) kin by marriage
- adjective (mathematics) of or pertaining to the geometry of affine transformations
- noun (anthropology) kin by marriage
- confinements2/5
confinement
- noun concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
travail; lying-in; childbed; labor; parturiency; labour.
- she was in labor for six hours
- noun the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
- noun concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
- puffiness2/5
puffiness
- noun an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
swelling; lump.
- noun lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
splashiness; pompousness; pretentiousness; ostentation; inflation; pomposity; ostentatiousness.
- noun an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
- unconfined2/5
unconfined
- adjective not confined
- adjective satellite free from confinement or physical restraint
unimprisoned.
- adjective not confined
- redefines2/5
redefine
- verb give a new or different definition to
- She redefined his duties
- verb give a new or different definition of (a word)
- verb give a new or different definition to
- definer2/5
define
- verb determine the essential quality of
delineate; delimitate; delimit; specify.
- verb give a definition for the meaning of a word
- Define `sadness'
- verb determine the essential quality of
- overrefined1/5
overrefined
- adjective satellite excessively delicate or refined
superfine.
- verb refine too much or with excess of subtlety
over-refine; overrefine.
- He is overrefining this matter
- adjective satellite excessively delicate or refined
- coffined1/5
coffin
- noun box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
casket.
- verb place into a coffin
- her body was coffined
- noun box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
- fluffiness1/5
fluffiness
- noun a light softness
downiness; featheriness.
- noun a light softness
- affined1/5
affined
- adjective satellite closely related
- syllable to blessed syllable affined"- Wallace Stevens
- adjective satellite closely related
- definers1/5
definer
One who defines or explains.
- goofiness1/5
goofiness
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- affinely1/5
affine
- noun (anthropology) kin by marriage
- adjective (mathematics) of or pertaining to the geometry of affine transformations
- noun (anthropology) kin by marriage
- predefines1/5
- paraffined1/5
paraffine
(Chem.) A white waxy substance, resembling spermaceti, tasteless and odorless, and obtained from coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc., by distillation. It is used as an illuminant and lubricant. It is very inert, not being acted upon by most of the strong chemical reagents. It was formerly regarded as a definite compound, but is now known to be a complex mixture of several higher hydrocarbons of the methane or marsh-gas series; hence, by extension, any substance, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, of the same chemical series; thus coal gas and kerosene consist largely of paraffins. ✍ In the present chemical usage this word is spelt paraffin, but in commerce it is commonly spelt paraffine.
- uncoffined1/5
uncoffined
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- scruffiness1/5
scruffiness
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `fine`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `fine`, some are not.
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `fine`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `fine`, some are not.
You can click on each word to see it's meaning.