fin
Short definition from Wiktionary
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 protruding from a projectile, used to help keep it on course.
- A similar structure on the bottom of a surfboard, used to help steer it.
- 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.
- The conning tower of a submarine.
- A person's hand.
- a five-pound (£5) note; the sum of five pounds.
- A five-dollar bill; the sum of five dollars.
- "The end".
- Denotes the end of the road.
- Initialism of facility ID number.
- Initialism of force identification number.
Verb
- To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.
- (Of a fish) to swim with the dorsal fin above the surface of the water.
- To swim in the manner of a fish.
- To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins.
Proper noun
- commune in the Somme department in France
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