How to pronounce “fin”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (ichthyology, zootomy) 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.
• (surfing) 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.
• (nautical) The conning tower of a submarine.
• (UK, slang, obsolete) A person's hand.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.
• (intransitive) (Of a fish) to swim with the dorsal fin above the surface of the water.
• (intransitive) To swim in the manner of a fish.
• (transitive) To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins.

Practice Nearby Words

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