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fin
1[ fin ]
noun
- a membranous, winglike or paddlelike organ attached to any of various parts of the body of fishes and certain other aquatic animals, used for propulsion, steering, or balancing.
- Nautical.
- a horizontal, often adjustable, winglike appendage to the underwater portion of a hull, as one for controlling the dive of a submarine or for damping the roll of a surface vessel.
- Also called vertical stabilizer. Aeronautics. any of certain small, subsidiary structures on an aircraft, designed to increase directional stability.
- any of a number of standing ridges on an ordinarily hot object, as a radiator, a cylinder of an internal-combustion engine, etc., intended to maximize heat transfer to the surrounding air by exposing a large surface area.
- any part, as of a mechanism, resembling a fin.
- Metallurgy. a ridge of metal squeezed through the opening between two rolls, dies, or halves of a mold in which a piece is being formed under pressure. Compare flash ( def 11 ).
- Automotive. an ornamental structure resembling an aeronautical fin that is attached to the body of an automobile, as on each rear fender tail fin.
- Slang. the arm or hand.
- Usually fins. flipper ( def 2 ).
verb (used with object)
- to cut off the fins from (a fish); carve or cut up, as a chub.
- to provide or equip with a fin or fins.
verb (used without object)
- to move the fins; lash the water with the fins, as a whale when dying.
fin
2[ fin ]
noun
- Slang. a five-dollar bill.
fin.
3abbreviation for
- finance.
- financial.
- finish.
Fin.
4abbreviation for
- Finland.
- Finnish.
Fin
1abbreviation for
- Finland
- Finnish
fin.
2abbreviation for
- finance
- financial
FIN
3abbreviation for
- Finland (international car registration)
fin
4/ ´Úɪ²Ô /
noun
- any of the firm appendages that are the organs of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals. Most fishes have paired and unpaired fins, the former corresponding to the limbs of higher vertebrates
- a part or appendage that resembles a fin
- a vertical surface to which the rudder is attached, usually placed at the rear of an aeroplane to give stability about the vertical axis US namevertical stabilizer
- a tail surface fixed to a rocket or missile to give stability
- nautical a fixed or adjustable blade projecting under water from the hull of a vessel to give it stability or control
- a projecting rib to dissipate heat from the surface of an engine cylinder, motor casing, or radiator
- often plural another name for flipper
verb
- tr to provide with fins
- tr to remove the fins from (a dead fish)
- intr (esp of a whale) to agitate the fins violently in the water
fin
5/ ´Úɪ²Ô /
noun
- slang.a five-dollar bill
fin
/ ´ÚÄ²Ô /
- One of the winglike or paddlelike parts of a fish, dolphin, or whale that are used for propelling, steering, and balancing in water.
Derived Forms
- ˈ´Ú¾±²Ô±ô±ð²õ²õ, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ´Ú¾±²Ôl±ð²õ²õ adjective
- ´Ú¾±²Ôl¾±°ì±ð adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of fin1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of fin1
Origin of fin2
Example Sentences
To offset poverty wages, ship captains typically allow their crew to supplement their income by keeping the fins to sell at port, off books.
He thrust the blade into the thick muscle beneath the dorsal fin to attach the tracking device.
"I hadn't seen the moment when the back appears, and the fin is visible. I didn't see it, I heard it. That made me nervous," he said.
After the photos and uniforms went up, the fish "felt better" the following day and was seen "waving its fins" in the tank, the aquarium said in its X post.
If you don’t get around to chasing whales this winter, blue whales and fin whales swim through the same coastal waters May through November, and humpback and minke whales may be seen year-round.
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