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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fin1 /fɪn/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Zoologya winglike or paddlelike part on the body of fishes and certain other water animals, used for movement, steering, or balancing.
- any part resembling a fin, such as part of a boat or an aircraft.
- ZoologyUsually, fins. [plural] flipper (def. 2).
finned, adj. -fin- root. - -fin- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "end;
complete;
limit.'' This meaning is found in such words as: confine, define, definite, definition, final, finale, finance, fine, finish, finite, indefinite.
fin., an abbreviation of:- finance.
- financial.
- finish.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fin1 (fin),USA pronunciation n., v., finned, fin•ning. n. - Zoologya 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.
- [Naut.]
- Naval Termsa 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.
- Naval TermsSee fin keel.
- AeronauticsAlso called vertical stabilizer. 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.
- Metallurgya 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. Cf. flash (def. 11).
- Automotivean ornamental structure resembling an aeronautical fin that is attached to the body of an automobile, as on each rear fender (tail fin.)
- Slang Termsthe arm or hand.
- ZoologyUsually, fins. flipper (def. 2).
v.t. - to cut off the fins from (a fish);
carve or cut up, as a chub. - to provide or equip with a fin or fins.
v.i. - Zoologyto move the fins;
lash the water with the fins, as a whale when dying.
- bef. 1000; Middle English, Old English finn; cognate with Dutch vin, Low German finne; akin to Swedish fena
- Slang Termsa five-dollar bill.
- Middle High German vumf, vimf; see five
- Yiddish fin(e)f five
- earlier finnip, finnup, fin(n)if(f ) a five-pound note 1865–70
- Finland.
- Finnish.
fin., - finance.
- financial.
- finish.
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