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Meaning:

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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