Definitions for Finer

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Finer fin·er

Spelling: [fahy-ner]

IPA: /ˈfaɪ nər/

Finer is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 56 anagrams from letters in Finer (efinr).

Definitions for Finer

noun

1. fines. Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e). Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.

Idioms

1. cut fine, to calculate precisely, especially without allowing for possible error or accident:

adverb

1. Informal. in an excellent manner; very well:
2. very small:
3. Billiards, Pool. in such a way that the driven ball barely touches the object ball in passing.
4. Nautical. as close as possible to the wind:

adjective

1. of or relating to a topology or a topological space whose open sets include all the open sets of a second specified topology on the space.
2. of superior or best quality; of high or highest grade:
3. choice, excellent, or admirable:
4. consisting of minute particles:
5. very thin or slender:
6. keen or sharp, as a tool:
7. delicate in texture; filmy:
8. delicately fashioned:
9. highly skilled or accomplished:
10. trained to the maximum degree, as an athlete.
11. characterized by or affecting refinement or elegance:
12. polished or refined:
13. affectedly ornate or elegant:
14. delicate or subtle:
15. bright and clear:
16. healthy; well:
17. showy or smart; elegant in appearance:
18. good-looking or handsome:
19. (of a precious metal or its alloy) free from impurities or containing a large amount of pure metal:

verb (used with object)

1. to make fine or finer, especially by refining or pulverizing.
2. to reduce the size or proportions of (often used with down or away):
3. to clarify (wines or spirits) by filtration.

verb (used without object)

1. to become fine or finer, as by refining.
2. to become less, as in size or proportions; reduce; diminish (often followed by down):

Origin of Finer

special use of comparative of fine¹

Examples for Finer

On many of the finer points of this issue, though, SNL was wide of the mark.

One person who holds a much higher opinion of Klitschko is somebody who learned his finer qualities while facing him in the ring.

Aye, but Bellarmine is the genteeler, and the finer man; yes, that he must be allowed.

The more feminine, the more emotionally sensitive, the finer the fingerprint.

The finer the instrument is to be, the more massive must be the foundation.

They were finer than any seen in the land, or ever heard of before.

Mary Fitton was finer than his portraits; we want her soul, and do not get it even in Cleopatra.

And I have never known anyone with a finer sense of occasion than Seamus Heaney.

Is there a finer prize for any writer of fiction than the ability to predict the future?

If he ever suspected any lack of finer fiber in Max, he put the thought away.