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fin¹ Definition

fin (fin)

noun

  1. any of several winglike, membranous organs on the body of a fish, dolphin, etc., used in swimming, turning, and balancing
  2. anything like a fin in shape or use; specif.,
    1. any narrow edge or ridge formed in manufacturing, as on a casting by metal forced through the halves of the mold
    2. any vertical airfoil, fixed or movable, whose chief function is to give stability in flight
    3. a stabilizing or steering projection on boats or submarines
    4. Slang a hand or arm

Etymology: ME < OE finn, akin to Du vin, Ger finne < IE *(s)pina-, point < base *(s)p(h)ei-, pointed stick > spit, spike

transitive verb finned, fin′·ning

to cut the fins from (a fish)

intransitive verb

to move the fins, esp. in a violent way

fin² Definition

☆ fin (fin)

noun

Slang a five-dollar bill

Etymology: shortened < W Yiddish finef, five (cf. E Yiddish finf) < MHG vinf < OHG fimf, five

fin³ Definition

fin (fan)

noun

the end; finish; conclusion

Etymology: Fr

fin4 Definition

fin

  1. finance
  2. financial
  3. finished

Fin Definition

Fin

  1. Finland
  2. Finnish

fin Synonyms

fin

n.

membrane, paddle, propeller, balance, guide, blade, ridge, airfoil, organ, spine, pectoral fin, ventral fin, pelvic fin, dorsal fin, caudal fin, anal fin, flipper, fishtail.

fin Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • stabilize: A central stabilizing fin is also fitted on top of the fuselage.

Adjective modifier

  • dorsal: On their backs they have a fin called a dorsal fin which helps them to swim in a straight line.
  • pectoral: More visible are the big pectoral fins, on either side just behind the head.
  • caudal: The infection has reached the fish's body A extreme example of fin rot of the caudal fin.
  • anal: A single dorsal fin at the rear of the body opposite the anal fin.
  • adipose: They are slender, actively swimming catfish with a long adipose fin.
  • pelvic: The dorsal fin is also level with the pelvic fin in roach, in rudd it is behind the pelvic fin.

Modifies a noun

  • whale: More fin whales were reported to the media during the same week from the region.
  • tuna: West Atlantic blue fin tuna are down to only 10 per cent of their former bounty.
  • keel: It is the heaviest lifting fin keel in the world.
  • rot: Back to Top My fish has ragged fins / fin rot... ?
  • soup: First of all, shark's fin soup for me.
  • flash: The same marking was also used as a fin flash on fixed wing aircraft.

Noun used with modifier

  • shark: Usually they've got horns or a shark fin on their hoods.
  • snorkel: We provide you with masks, and snorkel fins.
  • tail: The black craft was a perfect triangle, with no jagged edges or visible rear tail fin.
  • aluminum: This addition has a massive aluminum fin count of up to 140 fins, which provides maximum heat dissipation.
  • cooling: Try opening up the case and checking to make sure there's no build-up of dust on the CPU cooling fins.

Possessives

  • shark: But Thorne felt certain the post was moving toward him, almost like a shark's fin through the mist.

Preposition: of

  • shark: The fin of a shark, ( for cookery ).
fin Quotes

Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white; Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk; Nor winks the gold fin in the porphyry font: The fire-fly wakens: waken thou, with me. Now droops the milk-white peacock like a ghost, And like a ghost she glimmers on to me. Now lies the Earth all Dana' to the stars, 842 And all thy heart lies open unto me. Now slides the silent meteor on, and leaves A shining furrow, as thy thoughts in me. Now folds the lily all her sweetness up, And slips into the bosom of the lake: So fold thyself, my dearest, thou, and slip Into my bosom and be lost in me.

—Tennyson