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Uncommonfins
The correct spelling is fins.
How to pronounce fins
noun
IPA: /fɪnz/
Say it like: Fin-s
The correct spelling is fins. One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver. For example: "The fish's fins minimize water flow."
Usage Examples
“The fish's fins minimize water flow.”
“a dolphin's fin”
“The fin stabilises the plane in flight.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
- 2.A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
- 3.A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.
- 4.A similar structure on the tail of a bomb, used to help keep it on course.
- 5.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.
verb
- 1.To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.
- 2.(Of a fish) to swim with the dorsal fin above the surface of the water.
- 3.To swim in the manner of a fish.
- 4.To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins.
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