English | German | Russian | Czech
Englishfor English speakers
Englishas a second language

fin English

Meaning fin meaning

What does fin mean?

fin

— noun a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish — noun organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals — verb equip (a car) with fins — verb propel oneself through the water in a finning motion — verb show the fins above the water while swimming The sharks were finning near the surface — noun (= flipper) a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater) — noun (= louver) one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain — noun (= tail fin) one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile — noun (= five) the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

Synonyms fin synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as fin?

fin English » English

flipper wing paddle louvre louver web tailfin tail fin swimfin spine quintuplet quintet quint pentad flash fivesome five cinque burr break water blade Phoebe Little Phoebe wing panel whisker webbing vane thorn strip spike sliver slat skin needling sentus ridge rag prickle pisces pinion picket pectoral pale mitt lobe leaf blade leaf lamina hook glove gills

Topics fin topics

What do people use fin to talk about?
Universe, creation Animal Parts of an animal

Parts of a fish
Social behavior Conflict War

Weapon, shoot

Conjugation fin conjugation

How do you conjugate fin?

fin · verb

Examples fin examples

How do I use fin in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Shark fin soup is very popular in China.
Shark fin soup is commonly served at Chinese weddings and banquets.

Movie subtitles

He got pants on his dorsal fin.
Here's a fin.
And there on it, I mean in it, was the prettiest little fin you've ever seen.
Listen, I'm a soft touch, too. Ask any rummy on the dock if I'm not good for a fin any time they put the arm on me.
Now he speeded up as he smelled the fresher scent.. and his blue dorsal fin cut the water.
Te mataron por fin.
No, never mind. Every flick of a fin creates movement.
So first we'll start with the caudal fin.
Dried shark fin is an energy booster too.
One of your American submarines, the Sail Fin, is in your area.
You don't get out of there, you're going to grow a fin.
Guilala's dorsal fin is glowing less brightly.
It's the old stockbroker syndrome. The suburban fin-de-siecle ennui. Angst, Weltschmerz, call it what you will.
The Fin says every tenth person here is a thief.
Here's a fin. Go to the deli and get some sandwiches and pickles.. andsomebeer.
Here's another fin, buddy.
And the sooner we fin- Oh, Your Highness.
That shapely arm of your dreams is just the clawed wing of the primeval bird and the pectoral fin of the fish.
You don't want one of those rinky-dink, slapped-together on an assembly line, covered with chintzy chrome, fin tails, idiotic names and no more workmanship than you can stick into a thimble.
You just blew yourself an extra fin.
Usually cost a fin, but give him ten.
Guilala's dorsal fin is glowing less brightly. He must be losing energy.
The suburban fin-de-siecle ennui.
Then here, take this fin.
Look. No, no, it's not about the fin at all.
And about that fin.
Ask any rummy on the dock if I ain't good for a fin. anytime they put the arm on me.
E fin tropical Vicente, sa?
Dr Fin.
Can I speak to Dr Fin, please?
Jesus Christ! Fin! Shark!
There are two kids with a cardboard fin.
Shark's fin at ten o'clock!
Fin at two o'clock.
You can tell by the fin.
An hour ago a kid saw a fin with a nick in it.

News and current affairs

But if you are a blue-fin tuna of the western Atlantic stock, your mood will be decidedly more pessimistic.
In the case of the western Atlantic stock of blue-fin tuna, several countries argued that the existing management body - the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) - is best placed to manage the stock.
Sharks, too, are suffering from rapidly rising demand for shark-fin soup, which is considered a delicacy in many parts of Asia.
In the case of the western Atlantic blue-fin tuna, the ball is now firmly back in ICCAT's court.
Blue-fin tuna is heading for commercial, if not outright, extinction, as are a host of other economically and ecologically important marine species.
Wordcyclopedia Gutes Wörterbuch Толстый словарь Dobrý slovník
Sources WordNet, Open Multilingual Wordnet, Wiktionary, Dbnary, Panlex, FreeLing, Tatoeba, OpenSubtitles.org, Project Syndicate, OPUS, Kelly Project, SIL Semantic Domains
Contact info@wordcyclopedia.com
Creative Commons BY-SA