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Definition of 'fin'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) fin
a membranous, winglike or paddlelike organ attached to any of various parts of the body of certain aquatic animals.

2.  fin
a winglike appendage to a hull, as one for controlling the dive of a submarine.

3.  fin
any of certain small, subsidiary structures on an aircraft, designed to increase directional stability.

4.  fin
any of a number of standing ridges, as on a radiator or engine cylinder, intended to maximize heat transfer to the surrounding air.

5.  fin
(on an automobile body) a fin-shaped ornamental part, esp. on a rear fender

6.  fin
Usu., fins.

7. (v.t.) fin
to provide with fins.

8. (v.i.) fin
to lash the water with the fins.

9. (n.) fin
Slang. a five-dollar bill.

Etymology: (1865–70; earlier finnip, fin(n)if(f) a five-pound note < Yiddish fin(e)f five < MHG vumf, vimf; see five)

Definition of 'fin'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

2. (noun) tail fin, tailfin, fin
one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile

3. (noun) louver, louvre, fin
one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain

4. (noun) flipper, fin
a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)

5. (noun) fin
a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish

6. (verb) fin
organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals

7. (verb) fin
equip (a car) with fins

8. (verb) fin
propel oneself through the water in a finning motion

9. (verb) fin, break water
show the fins above the water while swimming
"The sharks were finning near the surface"

Definition of 'fin'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) fin
a thin flat part that sticks out on the body of a fish helping it to swim

Definition of 'fin'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) fin
end; conclusion; object

2. (noun) fin
an organ of a fish, consisting of a membrane supported by rays, or little bony or cartilaginous ossicles, and serving to balance and propel it in the water

3. (noun) fin
a membranous, finlike, swimming organ, as in pteropod and heteropod mollusks

4. (noun) fin
a finlike organ or attachment; a part of an object or product which protrudes like a fin

5. (noun) fin
the hand

6. (noun) fin
a blade of whalebone

7. (noun) fin
a mark or ridge left on a casting at the junction of the parts of a mold

8. (noun) fin
the thin sheet of metal squeezed out between the collars of the rolls in the process of rolling

9. (noun) fin
a feather; a spline

10. (noun) fin
a finlike appendage, as to submarine boats

11. (verb) fin
to carve or cut up, as a chub

Translation of 'fin'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a thin movable part on a fish's body by which it balances, moves, changes direction etc.
Afrikaans: vin	Arabic: زِعْنِفَة السَّمَك	Bulgarian: перка
Brazilian: barbatana	Czech: ploutev	German: die Flosse
Danish: finne	Greek: πτερύγιο	Spanish: aleta
Estonian: uim	Farsi: باله	Finnish: evä
French: nageoire	Hebrew: סְנַפִּיר	Hindi: मीन, पंख
Croatian: peraja	Hungarian: uszony	Indonesian: sirip
Icelandic: uggi	Italian: pinna	Japanese: ひれ
Korean: 지느러미	Lithuanian: pelekas	Latvian: (zivs) spura
Malay: sirip	Dutch: vin	Norwegian: finne
Polish: płetwa	Persian: باله	Pashto: دكب وزر، دكب شاپر، پره
Portuguese: barbatana	Romanian: aripioară (de peşte)	Russian: плавник
Slovak: plutva	Slovenian: plavut	Serbian: peraje
Swedish: fena	Thai: ครีบ (ปลา)	Turkish: yüzgeç
Taiwanese: 鰭	Ukrainian: плавець	Urdu: مچھلی اور سمندری جانوروں
Vietnamese: vây cá	Chinese: 鳍
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