FIN

fin

(noun) organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals

fin

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

flipper, fin

(noun) a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)

louver, louvre, fin

(noun) one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain

five, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe

(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

fin, break water

(verb) show the fins above the water while swimming; “The sharks were finning near the surface”

fin

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

fin

(verb) equip (a car) with fins

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

fin (plural fins)

(ichthyology) One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.

A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.

A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.

A similar structure on the tail of a bomb, used to help keep it on course.

A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along the top of the head from about the crown to the forehead.

A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.

An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc, used to facilitate cooling.

A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder.

Synonyms

• (appendange of a fish)

• (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal): flipper (of mammals)

• (aircraft component)

• (of a bomb): vane

• (hairstyle): Mohican

• (device worn by divers): flipper

Verb

fin (third-person singular simple present fins, present participle finning, simple past and past participle finned)

(transitive) To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.

(intransitive) (Of a fish) to swim with the dorsal fin above the surface of the water.

(intransitive) To swim in the manner of a fish.

(transitive) To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins.

Etymology 2

Noun

fin (plural fins)

(UK, formerly Australia, slang) a five-pound (£5) note; the sum of five pounds.

Synonym: fiver

(US, slang) a five-dollar bill; the sum of five dollars.

Synonyms: fiver, Lincoln

Anagrams

• INF, NFI, if'n, inf.

Proper noun

Fin

commune in the Somme department in France

Anagrams

• INF, NFI, if'n, inf.

Source: Wiktionary

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Fin, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Finned; p. pr. & vb. n. Finning.] Etym: [Cf. Fin of a fish.]

Definition: To carve or cut up, as a chub.

Fin, n. Etym: [See Fine, n.]

Definition: End; conclusion; object. [Obs.] "She knew eke the fin of his intent." Chaucer.

Fin, n.Etym: [OE. finne, fin, AS. finn; akin to D. vin, G. & Dan. finne, Sw. fena, L. pinna, penna, a wing, feather. cf. pen a feather.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Definition: 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.

Note: Fishes move through the water chiefly by means of the caudal fin or tail, the principal office of the other fins being to balance or direct the body, though they are also, to a certain extent, employed in producing motion.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A membranous, finlike, swimming organ, as in pteropod and heteropod mollusks.

3. A finlike organ or attachment; a part of an object or product which protrudes like a fin, as: (a) The hand. [Slang] (b) (Com.) A blade of whalebone. [Eng.] McElrath. (c) (Mech.) A mark or ridge left on a casting at the junction of the parts of a mold. (d) (Mech.) The thin sheet of metal squeezed out between the collars of the rolls in the process of rolling. Raymond. (e) (Mech.) A feather; a spline.

4. A finlike appendage, as to submarine boats. Apidose fin. (Zoöl.) See under Adipose, a.

– Fin ray (Anat.), one of the hornlike, cartilaginous, or bony, dermal rods which form the skeleton of the fins of fishes.

– Fin whale (Zoöl.), a finback.

– Paired fins (Zoöl.), the pectoral and ventral fins, corresponding to the fore and hind legs of the higher animals.

– Unpaired, or Median, fins (Zoöl.), the dorsal, caudal, and anal fins.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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