Fin

Word FIN
Character 3
Hyphenation fin
Pronunciations /fɪn/

Definitions and meanings of "Fin"

What do we mean by fin?

A five-dollar bill. noun

A membranous appendage extending from the body of a fish or other aquatic animal, used for propelling, steering, or balancing the body in the water. noun

Something resembling a fin in shape or function, as. noun

A covering for the foot having a flat flexible portion made of rubber or plastic that widens as it extends forward from the toes, used to provide enhanced propulsion in swimming and diving. noun

A fixed or movable airfoil used to stabilize an aircraft, missile, or projectile in flight. noun

A thin, usually curved projection attached to the rear bottom of a surfboard for stability. noun

A projecting vane used for cooling, as on a radiator or an engine cylinder. noun

To equip with fins. intransitive verb

To emerge with the fins above water. intransitive verb

To swim, as a fish. intransitive verb

To lash the water with the fins. Used of a dying whale. intransitive verb

To carve or cut up, as a fish.

To fin out: as, a finning whale.

A Middle English form of fine.

A dialectal variant of find.

See Finn. noun

The thin sheet of metal squeezed out between the collars of the rolls in a roll-train. noun

An abbreviation of the Latin ad finem, at or to the end. noun

An abbreviation of Finland; noun

One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.

A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.

A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.

A similar structure on the tail of a bomb, used to help keep it on course.

A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along the top of the head from about the crown to the forehead.

A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.

An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc., used to facilitate cooling.

A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder.

Spanish for "the end" or conclusion of something. Urban Dictionary

A 5$ bill, US or Canadian Urban Dictionary

Fin(form of finna) fin to meaning: about, about to do something Urban Dictionary

A shortened version of "wordfixing/word". Urban Dictionary

A mildly eccentric person with zest for life. fins are fiends for their respective eclectic activities. they live life with passion, silliness and fin-esse. Urban Dictionary

The opposite of deck, similar to outdated terms like "wack" and "lame." Something that is fin is bad or undesirable. Urban Dictionary

1. Term usually used by African Americans to replace the words "going to." 2. Limb of a fish used to propel itself forward. Urban Dictionary

Fifty. Most commonly used as 50 points NBA 2k12. Urban Dictionary

Fin is an amazing guy who is super fit, funny, clever and sporty. you could gaze into his eyes forever as they are so beautiful and his smile is one of a kind. no one could ever replace him and he is so special because he will spoil you and love you Urban Dictionary

A mildly eccentric person with zest for life. fins are fiends for their respective eclectic activities. they live life with passion, silliness and finesse. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Fin

The word "fin" in example sentences

The precise values – the center of the propulsive strokes, the angle at which the caudal fin is held, the point of its two-dimensional visual field at which distant points approach without changing their position on that field – cannot be genetically determined, since there are too many factors involved, including all the factors that determine where the center of mass is. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Back in fin de siecle Paris, UK Garage was the big new thing. ❋ Gordon McCabe (2009)

 The pulp magazines ruled the racks, with the actual advent of the superhero still two decades away, a man named Johnston McCulley masterminded the adventures of a rich nobleman in fin de ciecle California who took up sword and mask to fight crime and corruption. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And I shall know that I must die, at sea most likely, cease crawling of myself to be all a-crawl with the corruption of the sea; to be fed upon, to be carrion, to yield up all the strength and movement of my muscles that it may become strength and movement in fin and scale and the guts of fishes. ❋ Unknown (2010)

High salaries for quants would not reduce math in fin or econ research. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That medical care outcomes should follow a bell curve, instead of a shark fin is not surprising. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Is their being at school together a tribute to the egalitarian education system that pertained in fin de siècle Vienna? ❋ Unknown (2008)

'Gender and national identity in fin de siecle Greece'. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Finally, the word fin appeared and the video was finished. ❋ Brad Thor (2010)

Marking the transition from exclusion to integration in fin de siècle Vienna, women gained access to the University of Vienna and to almost all of the scientific institutes in the Mediziner-Viertel. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Heinrich von Ferstel's heavy ornamentation and Renaissance designs of the natural-science institutes in fin de siècle Vienna did not fit a modern world. ❋ Unknown (2007)

His was such a powerful figure in fin de siècle Vienna that when the state decided to construct ❋ Unknown (2007)

The Mediziner-Viertel, a triangular piece of land defined by Währingerstrasse, Alserstrasse, and Spitalgasse acquired its existence in fin de siècle Vienna not only by bringing several scientific institutes together in that specific location but by transforming the area into a vital cultural and epistemic centre in the city. ❋ Unknown (2007)

However, one trend that might be observed in the evolution of the ichthyosaur fin is the addition both of more and more elements (hyperphalangification), and of more and more digits (hyperdactylification). ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Kinematics of foraging dives and lunge-feeding in fin whales. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

L'ECARLATE ordinaire, ou couleur de feu, sera teinte de pure cochenille-mesteque, avec eau-forte, sel ammoniac, estain fin, amidon, sans aucun meslange de terramerita, ni de cochenille-sylvestre. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The wings sweep back at 33 degrees, almost in the shape of a jib, and the stabilizer fin is as wide and tall and rakishly set as a Cunard funnel. ❋ P. J. O'Rourke (2005)

[El] fin [del] programa de [television] ❋ Roque (2003)

I [mowed] [the guy's] lawn, and all he gave me was [a fin]. ❋ MilesBehind (2003)

[Im] fin [to go] to the [store] ❋ Keila (2005)

I'm [fi'n] [to go] to the [club]. ❋ Mace (2003)

"you're [such a] fin!" ❋ Ali-fin (2006)

did you see her [giving] me [devil eyes]? *[ugh]* that is so fin. ❋ Dislocatedelbows (2003)

1. Yo im fin to [beat that] [cracka's] ass! 2. With his little fin, dumb [nemo] ran away from his father. ❋ The One And OnIy (2009)

Guy 1: Im finna go for [the fin] with [Carmelo] again. Guy 2: Man Carmelo is [cheat codes] in this game. ❋ Bbopforeal (2013)

you will never [find] [a guy] [better than] fin ❋ Cookiiemonster (2018)

"you're [such a] fin!" "[stop] fin-ing!" ❋ Ali -fin (2006)

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