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Verb
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fins, plural;
  1. Swim underwater by means of flippers
    • - I finned madly for the surface
Noun
  1. A flattened appendage on various parts of the body of many aquatic vertebrates and some invertebrates, including fish and cetaceans, used for propelling, steering, and balancing

  2. An underwater swimmer's flipper

  3. A small flattened projecting surface or attachment on an aircraft, rocket, or automobile, providing aerodynamic stability or serving as a design element

  4. A flattened projection on a device, such as a radiator, used for increasing heat transfer

  1. equip (a car) with fins
  2. five: the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
  3. propel oneself through the water in a finning motion
  4. tail fin: one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile
  5. louver: one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain
  6. show the fins above the water while swimming; "The sharks were finning near the surface"
  7. A fin is a surface used to produce lift and thrust or to steer while traveling in water, air, or other fluid media. The first use of the word was for the limbs of fish, but has been extended to include other animal limbs and man-made devices.
  8. Fin were a British alternative rock band formed in 1993, who achieved mild success on the independent circuit in the UK.
  9. The Fin is the name of two characters from Marvel Comics. The Golden Age Fin has elements of both the swashbuckling pirate and superhero genres.
  10. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the BBC soap opera EastEnders in 2007, by order of first appearance.
  11. In the study of heat transfer, a fin is a surface that extends from an object to increase the rate of heat transfer to or from the environment by increasing convection. The amount of conduction, convection, or radiation of an object determines the amount of heat it transfers. ...
  12. Fin Garden, or Bagh-e Fin, located in Kashan, Iran, is a historical Persian garden. It contains Kashan's Fin Bath, where Amir Kabir, the Qajarid chancellor, was murdered by an assassin sent by King Nasereddin Shah in 1852.
  13. 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 on the tail of a bomb ...
  14. commune in the Somme department in France
  15. (Fins) Large rubber fin type devices that fit on a swimmers feet. Used in swim practice, not competition.
  16. Fins for freedive spearfishing are much longer than those used in SCUBA to aid in fast ascent.
  17. (FINS) Family In Need of Services
  18. (FINS) Provides effective underwater propulsion by providing a large surface area, and leaves the arms free for other things.
  19. (FINS) Torture device invented during the Spanish Inquisition.
  20. (Fins) A rubber covering for the foot having a flat, flexible portion than widens as it extends from the toes.  Used in swim practice, not competition. Also known as “flippers”.
  21. (Fins) A series of blades such as are found in the internal design of the torque converter. To create mechanical torque from hydraulic pressure, oil is forced under pressure through the torque converter. ...
  22. (Fins) Allow you to swim using only your powerful leg muscles.
  23. (Fins) Similar to snorkels fins, and angler attaches these to their feet or boots while using pontoon boats or float tubes.
  24. (Fins) The horizontal projections on some power insulators and transpositions designed to either increase the leakage distance from the line wire or to increase the separation between two wires that were independent but attached to the same insulator.
  25. (Fins) heat sumps on air cooled engines.