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Definition of Fin

1. Noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.

2. Verb. Equip (a car) with fins.

3. Noun. One of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile.

4. Verb. Propel oneself through the water in a finning motion.

5. Noun. One of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain.

6. Verb. Show the fins above the water while swimming. "The sharks were finning near the surface"

7. Noun. A shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater).

8. Noun. A stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish.

9. Noun. Organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals.

Definition of Fin

1. v. t. To carve or cut up, as a chub.

2. n. End; conclusion; object.

3. n. An organ of a fish, consisting of a membrane supported by rays, or little bony or cartilaginous ossicles, and serving to balance and propel it in the water.

4. n. A fixed stabilizing surface, usually vertical, similar in purpose to a bilge keel on a ship.

Definition of Fin

1. to equip with fins (external paddle-like structures) [v FINNED, FINNING, FINS]

Medical Definition of Fin

1. 1. An organ of a fish, consisting of a membrane supported by rays, or little bony or cartilaginous ossicles, and serving to balance and propel it in the water. Fishes move through the water chiefly by means of the caudal fin or tail, the principal office of the other fins being to balance or direct the body, though they are also, to a certain extent, employed in producing motion. 2. A membranous, finlike, swimming organ, as in pteropod and heteropod mollusks. 3. A finlike organ or attachment; a part of an object or product which protrudes like a fin, as: The hand. 4. A finlike appendage, as to submarine boats. Apidose fin. 5. The dorsal, caudal, and anal fins. Origin: OE. Finne, fin, AS. Finn; akin to D. Vin, G. & Dan. Finne, Sw. Fena, L. Pinna, penna, a wing, feather. Cf. Pen a feather. (19 Mar 1998)

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