fin
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fin (plural fins)
- 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.
- (US, slang) A five-dollar bill.
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- (appendange of a fish):
- (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal): flipper (of mammals)
- (aircraft component):
- (of a bomb): vane
- (hairstyle):
- (device worn by divers): flipper
- (five-dollar bill): fiver, Lincoln
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appendage of a fish
appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal
aircraft component
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of a bomb
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hairstyle
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device used by divers
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- Ido: floso
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to fin (third-person singular simple present fins, present participle finning, simple past and past participle finned)
- (transitive) To cut the fins from a fish, shark etc
- (intransitive) To swim in the manner of a fish
- (transitive) To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins
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fin
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fin
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- Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]
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- IPA: /fiːn/, [fiːˀn]
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fin (neuter fint, definite and plural fine, comparative finere, superlative finest)
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fin f. (plural fins)
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fin m. (f. fine, m. plural fins, f. plural fines)
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fin (masculine fin; feminine fin; neuter fint; plural fine; comparative finere; superlative finest)
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Latin fenum
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fin
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fin m. (plural fines)
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Since at least the 16th century, from French fin.
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Common | fin | finare | finast | |
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Masc. | fine | finaste | ||
| All | fina | finaste | |||
| Plural | fina | finaste | |||
fin
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