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Definition of fin

Overview of noun fin

The noun fin has 6 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe

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

2. tail fin, tailfin, fin

(one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile)

3. louver, louvre, fin

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

4. flipper, fin

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

5. fin

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

6. fin

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

Overview of verb fin

The verb fin has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. fin

(equip (a car) with fins)

2. fin

(propel oneself through the water in a finning motion)

3. fin, break water

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