Fin - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|fɪn|
Brit.
|fɪn|
noun
- the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one (syn: cinque, five, pentad, phoebe, quint, quintet, quintuplet)
- one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile
- one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain (syn: louver, louvre)
- a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater) (syn: flipper)
- a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish
- organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals
- one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile
- one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain (syn: louver, louvre)
- a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater) (syn: flipper)
- a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish
- organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals
verb
- equip (a car) with fins
- propel oneself through the water in a finning motion
- show the fins above the water while swimming
- propel oneself through the water in a finning motion
- show the fins above the water while swimming
The sharks were finning near the surface
Extra examples
We slipped them a fin apiece.
The sharks were finning near the surface
Word forms
noun
singular: fin
plural: fins
singular: fin
plural: fins
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