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What is the verb for fine?

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fine
  1. (transitive) To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify.
  2. (intransitive) To become finer, purer, or cleaner.
  3. To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.
  4. To change by fine gradations.
  5. (transitive) To clarify (wine and beer) by filtration.
  6. (intransitive, dated) To become gradually fine; to diminish; to dwindle (with away, down, or off).
  7. Synonyms:
      8. charge, penalise, penalize, amerce, levy, dock, exact, impose, put, assess, mulct, punish, sting, sconce, confiscate, extort, seize, sequestrate, tax, hit with, impose a fine on, slap with, exact a penalty from, make pay, punish by fining, throw book at, make one pay through the nose, lay, demand, place, set, collect, gather, apply, inflict, require, saddle, lay on, encumber, burden, assign fee, vest, entrust, amount charge, bill, invoice, price, ask, expect, raise … more
  8. Examples:
      9. “The court is able to fine these people for their misdemeanors.”
      “We can fine it right down to the desired shape.”
      “We fine the wine with egg extracts, so are we to put that on the label?”
fine
  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To finish; to cease.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to cease; to stop.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. charge, penalise, penalize, amerce, levy, dock, exact, impose, put, assess, mulct, punish, sting, sconce, confiscate, extort, seize, sequestrate, tax, hit with, impose a fine on, slap with, exact a penalty from, make pay, punish by fining, throw book at, make one pay through the nose, lay, demand, place, set, collect, gather, apply, inflict, require, saddle, lay on, encumber, burden, assign fee, vest, entrust, amount charge, bill, invoice, price, ask, expect, raise … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The court is able to fine these people for their misdemeanors.”
      “We can fine it right down to the desired shape.”
      “We fine the wine with egg extracts, so are we to put that on the label?”
fine
  1. (transitive) To issue a fine as punishment to (someone).
  2. (intransitive) To pay a fine.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. charge, penalise, penalize, amerce, levy, dock, exact, impose, put, assess, mulct, punish, sting, sconce, confiscate, extort, seize, sequestrate, tax, hit with, impose a fine on, slap with, exact a penalty from, make pay, punish by fining, throw book at, make one pay through the nose, lay, demand, place, set, collect, gather, apply, inflict, require, saddle, lay on, encumber, burden, assign fee, vest, entrust, amount charge, bill, invoice, price, ask, expect, raise … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The court is able to fine these people for their misdemeanors.”
      “We can fine it right down to the desired shape.”
      “We fine the wine with egg extracts, so are we to put that on the label?”
finify
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make fine; to dress finically.
finifies
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of finify
fines
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fine
  2. Synonyms:
      3. charges, penalises, penalizes, amerces, levies, docks, exacts, imposes, puts, assesses, mulcts, punishes, stings, sconces, confiscates, extorts, seizes, sequestrates, taxes, hits with, imposes a fine on, slaps with, exacts a penalty from, makes pay, punishes by fining, throws book at, thins, tapers, narrows, attenuates, constricts, straitens, becomes thin, becomes thinner, makes thin, makes thinner, clarifies, clears, filters, purifies, distils, distills, refines, garbles, becomes clear, makes clear … more
finified
  1. simple past tense and past participle of finify
fined
  1. simple past tense and past participle of fine
  2. Synonyms:
      3. helped, benefited, benefitted, bolstered, facilitated, improved, ameliorated, amended, eased, maintained, restored, revived, bettered, boosted, sustained, meliorated, mitigated, stimulated, revitalised, saved, corrected, emended, enhanced, enriched, fixed, fixt, mended, moderated, perfected, rectified, refined, reformed, repaired, tempered, reanimated, resurrected, revitalized, revivified, vitalized, beefed up, edited, fine-tuned, fortified, honed, polished, redrafted, refurbished, rehabbed, remediated, retouched … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Under the court injunction, an Inuk in Nunavut cannot be fined for having an unregistered gun.”
      “He has floated the idea that parents should be fined or jailed for failing to stop their children's criminal behaviour.”
      “For these offences he was variously fined, sent to a Detention Centre, and given a suspended prison term.”
finifying
  1. present participle of finify
fining
  1. present participle of fine
  2. Synonyms:
      3. charging, penalising, penalizing, amercing, levying, docking, exacting, imposing, putting, assessing, mulcting, punishing, stinging, sconcing, confiscating, extorting, seizing, sequestrating, taxing, hitting with, imposing a fine on, slapping with, exacting a penalty from, making pay, punishing by fining, throwing book at, thinning, tapering, narrowing, attenuating, constricting, straitening, becoming thin, becoming thinner, making thin, making thinner, clarifying, clearing, filtering, purifying, distilling, refining, garbling, becoming clear, making clear … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “This week police in Manchester launched a massive clampdown on mobile phone abusers fining more than 500 motorists.”
      “The aging in large Slovenian oak barrels remains the same and they are still not fining or filtering their wines.”
      “I wonder if there's another clause fining you if your train delays other people's trains.”
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