Fin

Noun

 * 1)  One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
 * 2) A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
 * 3) A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.
 * 4) A similar structure on the tail of a bomb, used to help keep it on course.
 * 5) 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.
 * 6) A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.
 * 7) An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc., used to facilitate cooling.
 * 8) A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder.

Synonyms

 * flipper
 * vane
 * flipper
 * vane
 * flipper
 * flipper

Verb

 * 1)  To cut the fins from a fish, shark etc
 * 2)  To swim in the manner of a fish
 * 3)  To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins

Noun

 * 1) 🇺🇸 A five-dollar bill.

Synonyms

 * fiver, Lincoln

Thesaurus
Australian crawl, C, C-note, G, G-note, Little Phoebe, Pentateuch, Phoebe, V, aquaplaning, aquatics, backstroke, balneation, bathe, bathing, breaststroke, buck, butterfly, cartwheel, cent, century, cinque, copper, crawl, dime, diving, dog paddle, dollar, dollar bill, fifty cents, fish, fishtail, five, five bucks, five cents, five dollars, five hundred dollars, five-dollar bill, five-hundred-dollar bill, five-spot, fiver, fivesome, flapper, flipper, floating, four bits, frogskin, grand, half G, half a C, half dollar, half grand, hundred-dollar bill, iron man, mill, mullet, natation, nickel, penny, pentachord, pentad, pentagon, pentagram, pentahedron, pentameter, pentapody, pentarchy, pentastich, pentathlon, quarter, quincunx, quint, quintet, quintuplet, red cent, sawbuck, sidestroke, silver dollar, skin, smacker, surfboarding, surfing, swim, swimming, ten cents, ten-spot, tenner, thousand dollars, thousand-dollar bill, treading water, twenty-dollar bill, twenty-five cents, two bits, two-dollar bill, two-spot, wading, waterskiing, yard

Etymology 1
fin:, from finn:, from  'dorsal fin' (compare  vin:,  Finne:,  fena:), from  'backbone, dorsal fin' (compare  ind: 'end, point', Latin pinna: 'feather, wing',  spin 'hook', Sanskrit sphyá 'splinter, staff').

Etymology 2
From undefined:, from  fünf:

Noun

 * Armenian: ,
 * Azeri: üzgəc
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: vin
 * Erzya: сёлмо (sjolmo)
 * Esperanto: naĝilo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Italian:
 * Latin: penna, pinna
 * Macedonian: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese: nadadeira,
 * Russian: плавник, перо
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: peraja, plitva
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: yüzgeç


 * Azeri: üzgəc
 * Danish:
 * Erzya: сёлмо (sjolmo)
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Italian:


 * Macedonian: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Russian: ласт, плавник
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish: yüzgeç


 * Danish: halefinne
 * Dutch: ,
 * French:
 * Italian:


 * Macedonian: стабилизатор
 * Norwegian:
 * Russian: стабилизатор
 * Swedish:


 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * Italian:


 * Macedonian: стабилизатор
 * Russian: стабилизатор


 * Macedonian:


 * Norwegian: hanekam


 * Danish:
 * Dutch: zwemvlies (usually in plural form: zwemvliezen)
 * Finnish: uimaräpylä (usually in plural form: uimaräpylät)
 * French: palme
 * Italian:


 * Norwegian: svømmeføtter, finner
 * Russian: ласт, ласты
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: simfötter


 * : floso

Derived terms

 * anal fin
 * caudal fin
 * dorsal fin
 * finning
 * paired fins
 * pectoral fin
 * pelvic fin
 * tail fin
 * unpaired fins

Anagrams

 * NFI

Adjective

 * 1) black

Synonyms

 * finman

Adjective
fin


 * 1) Finnish

Etymology
From late fínn:.

Adjective

 * 1) fine
 * 2) choice, classy
 * 3) delicate
 * 4) fashionable
 * 5) grand, posh, genteel

Etymology
finis:.

Noun

 * 1) end, close, finish
 * 2) end, objective, purpose

Derived terms

 * en fin de compte
 * prendre fin
 * fin de semaine

Related terms

 * finir
 * final

Adjective

 * 1) thin
 * 2) fine
 * 3)  kind

Derived terms

 * fin comme du gros sel
 * finasser
 * finaud
 * finement
 * finesse

Etymology
From finis:.

Noun

 * 1) end

Noun

 * 1) end; finish
 * 2)  death

Adjective

 * 1) fine

Adjective

 * 1) fine, delicate

Descendants

 * English: fine
 * French:

Noun

 * 1) end final part

Etymology 1
From fin:.

Adjective

 * 1) fine, delicate
 * 2) subtle

Etymology 2
From root *filianus < filius.

Noun

 * 1) godson

Related terms

 * fină

Etymology
finis:.

Noun

 * 1) end
 * el fin de semana — the weekend
 * 1) purpose

Related terms

 * final
 * finalidad
 * finalismo
 * finalista
 * finalizar

Etymology
Since at least the 16th century, from fin:.

Adjective
fin


 * 1) fine, elegant
 * 2) good, excellent
 * 3) thin
 * 4) subtle