1. fin(n = noun.quantity) 5, cinque, five, fivesome, little phoebe, pentad, phoebe, quint, quintet, quintuplet, v - the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one;
is a kind of digit, figure
2. fin(n = noun.artifact) tail fin, tailfin - one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile;
is a kind of decoration, ornament, ornamentation
is a part of auto, automobile, car, machine, motorcar
Derived form verb fin1
3. fin(n = noun.artifact) louver, louvre - one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain;
is a kind of slat, spline
is a part of jalousie
4. fin(n = noun.artifact) flipper - a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater);
is a kind of shoe
Derived form verb fin2
5. fin(n = noun.artifact) - a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish;
is a kind of stabiliser, stabilizer
is a part of ship
has particulars: vane
6. fin(n = noun.animal) - organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals;
is a kind of appendage, extremity, member
is a part of fish
has parts: ray
has particulars: dorsal fin, pectoral fin, pelvic fin, ventral fin, caudal fin, tail fin
Derived forms verb fin3, verb fin2
1. fin(v = verb.possession) - equip (a car) with fins;
is one way to equip, fit, fit out, outfit
Derived form noun fin2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
2. fin(v = verb.motion) - propel oneself through the water in a finning motion;
is one way to swim
Derived forms noun fin6, noun fin4
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
3. fin(v = verb.motion) break water - show the fins above the water while swimming; "The sharks were finning near the surface"
is one way to swim
Derived form noun fin6
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
To carve or cut up, as a chub. [1913 Webster]
End; conclusion; object. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
1. 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. [1913 Webster]
" 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." [1913 Webster]
2. A membranous, finlike, swimming organ, as in pteropod and heteropod mollusks. [1913 Webster]
3. A finlike organ or attachment; a part of an object or product which protrudes like a fin McElrath.
4. A finlike appendage, as to submarine boats. [1913 Webster]
5. A fixed stabilizing surface, usually vertical, similar in purpose to a bilge keel on a ship. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
fin, n. & v.
--n.
1 an organ on various parts of the body of many aquatic vertebrates and some invertebrates, including fish and cetaceans, for propelling, steering, and balancing (dorsal fin; anal fin).
2 a small projecting surface or attachment on an aircraft, rocket, or motor car for ensuring aerodynamic stability.
3 an underwater swimmer's flipper.
4 a sharp lateral projection on the share or coulter of a plough.
5 a finlike projection on any device, for improving heat transfer etc.
--v. (finned, finning)
1 tr. provide with fins.
2 intr. swim under water.
Idiom:
fin-back (or fin whale) a rorqual, Balaenoptera physalus.
Derivative:
finless adj. finned adj. (also in comb.).
Etymology:
OE fin(n)
N money, legal tender, money matters, money market, finance, accounts, funds, treasure, capital, stock, assets, wealth, supplies, ways and means, wherewithal, sinews of war, almighty dollar, needful, cash, mammon, dough, cabbage, money-like instruments, M, M, sum, amount, balance, balance sheet, sum total, proceeds, currency, circulating medium, specie, coin, piece, hard cash, cold cash, dollar, sterling coin, pounds shillings and pence, Ls, d, pocket, breeches pocket, purse, money in hand, cash at hand, ready money, ready cash, slug, wad wad of bills, wad of money, thick wad of bills, roll of dough, rhino, blunt, dust, mopus, tin, salt, chink, argent comptant, bottom dollar, buzzard dollar, checks, dibs, double eagle, eagle, Federal currency, fractional currency, postal currency, Federal Reserve Note, United States Note, silver certificate, gold certificate, long bit, short bit, moss, nickel, pile, pin money, quarter, red cent, roanoke, rock, seawan, seawant, thousand dollars, grand, single, one-dollar bill, two- dollar bill, five-dollar bill, fiver, fin, Lincoln, ten-dollar bill, sawbuck, twenty-dollar bill, Jackson, double sawbuck, fifty-dollar bill, hundred-dollar bill, C-note, penny, cent, Lincoln cent, indian head penny, copper, two-cent piece three-cent piece, half- dime, nickel, buffalo nickel, V nickel, dime, disme, mercury dime, quarter, two bits, half dollar, dollar, silver dollar, Eisenhower dollar, Susan B, Anthony dollar, precious metals, gold, silver, copper, bullion, ingot, nugget, petty cash, pocket money, change, small change, small coin, doit, stiver, rap, mite, farthing, sou, penny, shilling, tester, groat, guinea, rouleau, wampum, good sum, round sum, lump sum, power of money, plum, lac of rupees, major coin, crown, minor coin, monetarist, monetary theory, numismatics, chrysology, numismatist, paper money, greenback, major denomination, minor denomination, money order, postal money order, Post Office order, bank note, bond, bill, bill of exchange, order, warrant, coupon, debenture, exchequer bill, assignat, blueback, hundi, shinplaster, note, note of hand, promissory note, I O U, draft, check, cheque, back-dated check, negotiable order of withdrawal, NOW, remittance, credit, liability, drawer, drawee, obligor, obligee, moneyer, coiner, false money, bad money, base coin, flash note, slip, kite, fancy stocks, Bank of Elegance, argumentum ad crumenam, letter of credit, circulation, multiplier effect, inflation, double-digit inflation, hyperinflation, erosion of the currency, debasement of the currency, deflation, stagflation, exchange rate, rate of exchange, floating exchange rates, fixed rates, currency counter, currency exchange, bureau de change, gold-backed currency, gold standard, silver standard, bank account, savings account, checking account, money market account, NOW account, time deposit, deposit, demand deposit, super NOW account, certificate of deposit, CD, $, US$, Y, A$, Federal Reserve Bank, central bank, Federal Reserve Board, board of governors of the Federal Reserve, Treasury Department, Secret Service, mint, bureau of engraving, seigniorage, counterfeit, funny money, bogus money, (falsehood), interest, interest rate, discount rate, monetary, pecuniary, crumenal, fiscal, financial, sumptuary, numismatic, numismatical, sterling, nummary, barbarus ipse placet dummodo sit dives, but the jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that, Gelt regiert die Welt, money rules the world, money makes the world go round, nervos belli pecuniam infinitam, redet Geld so schweigt die Welt, money is the mother's milk of politics, money is the root of all evil, money isn't everything, as phony as a three-dollar bill, don't take any wooden nickels.
N navigation, aquatics, boating, yachting, ship, oar, paddle, screw, sail, canvas, aileron, natation, swimming, fin, flipper, fish's tail, aerostation, aerostatics, aeronautics, balloonery, balloon, ballooning, aviation, airmanship, flying, flight, volitation, wing, pinion, rocketry, space travel, astronautics, orbital mechanics, orbiting, voyage, sail, cruise, passage, circumnavigation, periplus, headway, sternway, leeway, fairway, mariner, flight, trip, shuttle, run, airlift, sailing, volant, aerostatic, seafaring, nautical, maritime, naval, seagoing, coasting, afloat, navigable, aerial, aeronautic, grallatory, under way, under sail, under canvas, under steam, on the wing, in flight, in orbit, bon voyage, spread the thin oar and catch the driving gale.
caudal fin, dorsal fin, fin de si'8acle, fin de siecle, fin keel, fin whale, heterocercal fin, homocercal fin, pectoral fin, pelvic fin, tail fin, ventral fin, vertical fin