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Noun:
- slang A five-dollar bill.
- A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.
- 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.
- 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.
- A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
- A similar structure on the tail of a bomb, used to help keep it on course.
- A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.
- ichthyology One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
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Verb:
- transitive To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins
- intransitive To swim in the manner of a fish
- transitive To cut the fins from a fish, shark etc
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