Definitions for fining

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fining fin·ing

Spelling: [fahy-ning]

IPA: /ˈfaɪ nɪŋ/

Fining is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 31 anagrams from letters in fining (fgiinn).

Definitions for fining

noun

1. the process by which fused glass is freed of undissolved gases.
2. the process of clarifying or filtering a wine or spirit.
3. 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.
4. a sum of money imposed as a penalty for an offense or dereliction:
5. Law. a fee paid by a feudal tenant to the landlord, as on the renewal of tenure.
6. English Law. (formerly) a conveyance of land through decree of a court, based upon a simulated lawsuit.
7. Archaic. a penalty of any kind.

Idioms

1. cut fine, to calculate precisely, especially without allowing for possible error or accident:
2. in fine, in short; briefly. in conclusion; finally:

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 superior or best quality; of high or highest grade:
2. choice, excellent, or admirable:
3. consisting of minute particles:
4. very thin or slender:
5. keen or sharp, as a tool:
6. delicate in texture; filmy:
7. delicately fashioned:
8. highly skilled or accomplished:
9. trained to the maximum degree, as an athlete.
10. characterized by or affecting refinement or elegance:
11. polished or refined:
12. affectedly ornate or elegant:
13. delicate or subtle:
14. bright and clear:
15. healthy; well:
16. showy or smart; elegant in appearance:
17. good-looking or handsome:
18. (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.
4. to subject to a fine or pecuniary penalty; punish by a fine:

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 fining

First recorded in 1495-1505; fine¹ + -ing¹

Examples for fining

They did, fining themselves to the tune of a million or so of our money.

The materials used in fining are isinglass, white of egg or gelatine.

“Go back to Seattle,” Wood said, after fining Shayegan $730 and issuing a 360-day suspended jail sentence.

Every once in a while, the authorities make a sweep of the cities, collecting the dishes and fining their owners.

I tell Margaret she ought to fine him, and keep on fining, but she won't do it.

The chief business appears to have been fining the members of the court 1s.

It may also be used as a thickener in calico-printing and for fining beer.

The fining power of a Judge on circuit is a mysterious prerogative.

Occasionally the authorities make sweeps of certain neighborhoods, collecting the dishes and fining their owners.

A pint of this fining will be sufficient for a cask of twenty gallons.