fin
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
hobbies
ichthyology
lifestyle
natural-sciences
nautical
sports
surfing
transport
zoology
zootomy
Etymology: From Middle English fin, from Old English finn, from Proto-Germanic *finnō, *finǭ (“dorsal fin”) (compare Dutch vin, German Finne, Swedish finne, fena), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pīn- (“backbone, dorsal fin”) (compare Old Irish ind (“end, point”), Latin pinna (“feather, wing, fin”), Tocharian A spin (“hook”).
Inflected forms:
form: fins
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: fins
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: finning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: finned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: finned
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
pos: noun
examples: The fish's fins minimize water flow.
Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.
gloss: A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
pos: noun
examples: a dolphin's fin
gloss: A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.
pos: noun
examples: The fin stabilises the plane in flight.
gloss: A similar structure protruding from a projectile, used to help keep it on course.
pos: noun
gloss: A similar structure on the bottom of a surfboard, used to help steer it.
pos: noun
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
gloss: A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.
pos: noun
examples: The divers wore fins to swim faster.
gloss: An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc., used to facilitate cooling.
pos: noun
gloss: A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder.
pos: noun
gloss: The conning tower of a submarine.
pos: noun
gloss: A person's hand.
pos: noun
tags: UK
obsolete
slang
examples: "Done say I to that, Reuben, tip me your fin, my spark, and it shall be a bet."
gloss: To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: (Of a fish) to swim with the dorsal fin above the surface of the water.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: When you spot him finning just under the surface, you move up quietly and present [...] bait, usually a squid.
gloss: To swim in the manner of a fish.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: A neutrally buoyant diver does not need to fin to maintain depth.
gloss: To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Synonyms: vane
Mohican
Derived words: abdominal fin
adipose fin
anal fin
backfin
bigfin
blackfin
bloodfin
bluefin
bowfin
caudal fin
cephalic fin
definned
dorsal fin
fan-in-fin
finback
fin chop
finclip
finfish
fin fold
finfolk
finfoot
fin-foot
fin-footed
fin gripper
fin keel
fin key
finless
finlet
finlike
fin-like
finnage
finning
finny
finray
fin rot
finspine
finswimmer
finswimming
fin-toed
fin whale
forefin
hindfin
Hoxton fin
kitefin
lobefin
longfin
monofin
nanofin
paired fin
pectoral fin
pelvic fin
plainfin
redfin
red-fin shark
sailfin
scalyfin
shark-fin
shark fin
sharkfin
shark fin soup
sharksfin
sharpfin
shortfin
silverfin
snubfin
soupfin
splitfin
spotfin
swim fin
swimfin
tail fin
tailfin
threadfin
threefin
triplefin
unpaired fin
ventral fin
whitefin
woundfin
yellowfin
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: pendë
lang: Amharic
word: ክንፍ
roman: kənf
lang: Arabic
word: زِعْنِفَة
roman: ziʕnifa
lang: Armenian
word: լողակ
roman: loġak
lang: Armenian
word: թև
roman: tʻew
lang: Asturian
word: aleta
lang: Asturian
word: ala
lang: Azerbaijani
word: üzgəc
lang: West Coast Bajau
word: serek
lang: Basque
word: hegats
lang: Belarusian
word: плаўні́к
roman: plawník
lang: Bau Bidayuh
word: siried
lang: Central Bikol
word: parikpik
lang: Bulgarian
word: перка
roman: perka
lang: Bulgarian
word: плавни́к
roman: plavník
lang: Burmese
word: အတောင်
roman: a.taung
lang: Burmese
word: ဆူးတောင်
roman: hcu:taung
lang: Burmese
word: ရေယက်
roman: reyak
lang: Catalan
word: aleta
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 鰭 /鳍
roman: qí
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 魚鰭 /鱼鳍
roman: yúqí
lang: Czech
word: ploutev
lang: Old Czech
word: plútva
lang: Danish
word: finne
lang: Dutch
word: vin
lang: Erzya
word: сёлмо
roman: śolmo
lang: Esperanto
word: naĝilo
lang: Estonian
word: uim
lang: Faroese
word: fjøður
lang: Finnish
word: evä
lang: French
word: nageoire
lang: French
word: aileron
lang: Galician
word: aleta
lang: Georgian
word: ფარფლი
roman: parpli
lang: German
word: Flosse
lang: Greek
word: πτερύγιο
roman: pterýgio
lang: Ancient Greek
word: πτερύγιον
roman: pterúgion
lang: Hebrew
word: סְנַפִּיר
roman: snapír
lang: Hindi
word: पंख
roman: paṅkh
lang: Hindi
word: मीनपक्ष
roman: mīnpakṣ
lang: Hungarian
word: uszony
lang: Icelandic
word: uggi
lang: Ido
word: floso
lang: Indonesian
word: sirip
lang: Ingrian
word: siipi
lang: Irish
word: eite
lang: Old Irish
word: ette
lang: Italian
word: pinna
lang: Japanese
word: 鰭
roman: hire
lang: Kazakh
word: жүзбеқанат
roman: jüzbeqanat
lang: Kimaragang
word: sirik
lang: Korean
word: 지느러미
roman: jineureomi
lang: Kyrgyz
word: сүзгүч канат
roman: süzgüc kanat
lang: Lao
word: ຄີບ
roman: khīp
lang: Latin
word: penna
lang: Latin
word: pinna
lang: Latvian
word: spura
lang: Lithuanian
word: pelekas
lang: Macedonian
word: перка
roman: perka
lang: Macedonian
word: пера́ја
roman: perája
lang: Malay
word: sirip
lang: Māori
word: tira
lang: Māori
word: urutira
lang: Māori
word: pakihawa (pectoral)
lang: Māori
word: hawa (ventral)
lang: Māori
word: paihau
lang: Mauritian Creole
word: nazwar
lang: Central Melanau
word: pidin
lang: Mongolian
word: сэрвээ
roman: servee
lang: Muna
word: padhi
lang: Tagal Murut
word: kikiwos
lang: Mwani
word: ripupa
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: finne
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: finne
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: ugge
lang: Occitan
word: aleta
lang: Old English
word: finn
lang: Persian
word: باله
roman: bâle
lang: Persian
word: پره
roman: parre
lang: Polish
word: płetwa
lang: Old Polish
word: plutwa
lang: Portuguese
word: nadadeira
lang: Portuguese
word: barbatana
lang: Romanian
word: aripioară
lang: Romanian
word: aripă
lang: Romanian
word: înotătoare
lang: Russian
word: плавни́к
roman: plavník
lang: Russian
word: перо́
roman: peró
lang: Inari-Sami
word: vepsi
lang: Kildin-Sami
word: ве̄ппьс
roman: viepp’s
lang: Northern Sami
word: veaksi
lang: Skolt-Sami
word: veäʹpss
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: ite
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: eithre
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: пера́ја
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: плитва
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: perája
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: plitva
lang: Seychellois Creole
word: nazwar
lang: Slovak
word: plutva
lang: Slovene
word: plavut
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: pjeraso
lang: Spanish
word: aleta
lang: Swedish
word: fena
lang: Tagalog
word: palaypay
lang: Tagalog
word: palikpik
lang: Tajik
word: олати шино
roman: olat-i šino
lang: Tamil
word: துடுப்பு
roman: tuṭuppu
lang: Tamil
word: மீன்சிறகு
roman: mīṉciṟaku
lang: Thai
word: ครีบ
roman: krîip
lang: Turkish
word: yüzgeç
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: قناد
roman: kanad
lang: Ukrainian
word: плаве́ць
roman: plavécʹ
lang: Ukrainian
word: плавни́к
roman: plavnýk
lang: Uzbek
word: suzgich
lang: Uzbek
word: yuzgich
lang: Vietnamese
word: vây
lang: Vietnamese
word: vi
lang: Welsh
word: asgell
lang: Welsh
word: pysgadain
lang: Bulgarian
word: стабилизатор
roman: stabilizator
lang: Dutch
word: vin
lang: French
word: empennage
lang: German
word: Leitwerk
lang: Italian
word: impennaggio
lang: Macedonian
word: стабилиза́тор
roman: stabilizátor
lang: Portuguese
word: aleta
lang: Russian
word: стабилиза́тор
roman: stabilizátor