fins
Meaning of fins
noun
- One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
The fish's fins minimize water flow.
- A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
a dolphin's fin
- A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.
The fin stabilises the plane in flight.
- 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.
The divers wore fins to swim faster.
- 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.
- To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.
- (Of a fish) to swim with the dorsal fin above the surface of the water.
- To swim in the manner of a fish.
A neutrally buoyant diver does not need to fin to maintain depth.
- To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins.
- (formerly Australia) a five-pound (£5) note; the sum of five pounds.
- A five-dollar bill; the sum of five dollars.
Information about fins
- The singular form of fins is: fin.
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Hyphenation of fins
fins
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- fins is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
fins synonyms
Meaning :
flipper, Mohican, vane, fiver, Lincoln
Anagrams of fins
Words that rhyme with fins
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