FIN (finned, finning)

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Irregular inflected forms: finned    , finning   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does fin mean? 

• FIN (noun)
  The noun FIN has 6 senses:

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

2. one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile

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

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

5. a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish

6. organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals

  Familiarity information: FIN used as a noun is common.

• FIN (verb)
  The verb FIN has 3 senses:

1. equip (a car) with fins

2. propel oneself through the water in a finning motion

3. show the fins above the water while swimming

  Familiarity information: FIN used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

5; cinque; fin; five; fivesome; Little Phoebe; pentad; Phoebe; quint; quintet; quintuplet; V

Hypernyms ("fin" is a kind of...):

digit; figure (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)

Sense 2

Meaning:

One of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fin; tail fin; tailfin

Hypernyms ("fin" is a kind of...):

decoration; ornament; ornamentation (something used to beautify)

Holonyms ("fin" is a part of...):

auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)

Derivation:

fin (equip (a car) with fins)

Sense 3

Meaning:

One of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fin; louver; louvre

Hypernyms ("fin" is a kind of...):

slat; spline (a thin strip (wood or metal))

Holonyms ("fin" is a part of...):

jalousie (a shutter made of angled slats)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fin; flipper

Hypernyms ("fin" is a kind of...):

shoe (footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material)

Derivation:

fin (propel oneself through the water in a finning motion)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("fin" is a kind of...):

stabiliser; stabilizer (a device for making something stable)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fin"):

vane (a fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it)

Holonyms ("fin" is a part of...):

ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("fin" is a kind of...):

appendage; extremity; member (an external body part that projects from the body)

Meronyms (parts of "fin"):

ray (any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fin"):

dorsal fin (unpaired median fin on the backs of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates that help to maintain balance)

pectoral fin (either of a pair of fins situated just behind the head in fishes that help control the direction of movement)

pelvic fin; ventral fin (either of a pair of fins attached to the pelvic girdle in fishes that help control the direction of movement; correspond to hind limbs of a land vertebrate)

caudal fin; tail fin (the tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates)

Holonyms ("fin" is a part of...):

fish (any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills)

Derivation:

fin (show the fins above the water while swimming)

fin (propel oneself through the water in a finning motion)

• FIN (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they fin    ... he / she / it fins   
Past simple: finned   
Past participle: finned   
-ing form: finning   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Equip (a car) with fins

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "fin" is one way to...):

equip; fit; fit out; outfit (provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Propel oneself through the water in a finning motion

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "fin" is one way to...):

swim (travel through water)

Domain category:

aquatics; water sport (sports that involve bodies of water)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

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

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

Show the fins above the water while swimming

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

break water; fin

Context example:

The sharks were finning near the surface

Hypernyms (to "fin" is one way to...):

swim (travel through water)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

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

 Context examples 

A grouping of jawed and jawless vertebrate animals usually having fins and a covering of scales or plates, breathing by means of gills, and living almost entirely in the water.

(FISH, NCI Thesaurus)

Until now, it has been hard to tell whether the fins come from protected sharks, as they might look quite similar when severed.

(New way to save endangered sharks – and our seafood, SciDev.Net)

I could see a black fin cutting the water and making for him with greater swiftness than he was being pulled aboard.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

“I can still work my fin, Stone,” said he, putting his hand across to the stump of his arm.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Great slate-colored backs and high serrated dorsal fins shot up with a fringe of silver, and then rolled down into the depths again.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

An orally available nutritional supplement and proprietary formulation containing extracts from the sea cucumber, sea sponge, shark fin, sea urchin and the marine grass Sargassum, with potential antioxidant, antitumor, anti-angiogenic and immunomodulating activities.

(Nutraceutical TBL-12, NCI Thesaurus)

In the Brazilian coast, according to Gonçalves, there are 33 species, including the humpback whale, the right whale, Bryde's whale, the fin whale,and the sperm whale, which gained popularity with Moby Dick.

(Brazil to support South Atlantic whale sanctuary bid, Agência BRASIL)

Any jawed or jawless organisms in the phylum Chordata including the jawless fish, armored fish, cartilaginous fish, ray-finned fish and lobe-finned fish.

(FISH, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Although shark fishing is banned in Brazil, the clandestine market continues, driven partly by the high prices shark fins fetch: up to US$1,000 per kilogram on the international market.

(New way to save endangered sharks – and our seafood, SciDev.Net)

The fin disappeared.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)