🐟 A fish limb 🥽 Swimming flipper 🚗 Car decoration 🏊 To swim with fins 💨 Airflow part 🔧 To add fins 🌊 Show fins above

to fin

8.0

To swim with part of the animal's back sticking out above the water

verb
/fɪn/

: asomar las aletas

Sharks often fin close to the surface during feeding time.

Examples

As we watched the ocean, several dolphins began to fin near our boat.
The orcas were seen finning along the coastline in the early morning.
Look at that fish finning gracefully in the pond.
The dolphin finned as it swam near the surface.
As the dolphin swam gracefully, it began to fin above the water, showcasing its sleek fins to the onlookers.
The sleek shark was spotted finning near the surface, its fins cutting through the waves.
You could see the fish finning beneath the surface of the clear lake, their dorsal fins breaking the water.

Compounds

dorsal fin

Specialized

5 3.5

A fin on the back of a fish or dolphin that helps it keep balance while swimming

fin whale

3 4.0

A large whale with a flat head, long body and small back fin found in the Atlantic and Pacific

pectoral fin

Specialized

1 6.1

A fin on each side of a fish near the head that helps it steer

fin de siècle

Literature

1 9.9

A period at the end of a century, especially the late 1800s, with a mood of decline

fin-de-siècle

Literature

1 9.9

About the end of a century, especially the late 19th century, showing cultural change and moral decline

tail fin

Archaic

1 6.4

A decorative metal piece on a car's rear that looks like a small wing

tail fin

Specialized

1 4.2

A vertical surface at the plane's tail that helps keep it steady in flight

vertical fin

Specialized

1 4.3

A flat upright part on an airplane tail that keeps the plane pointing straight

caudal fin

Specialized

6.0

A tail fin at the back of a fish that pushes water to make it move and steer

fin de siècle

Literature

9.9

Relating to the mood and art at the end of a century, often the late 1800s

fin keel

Specialized

7.9

A metal piece under a boat that keeps it from moving sideways

long-fin tunny

Specialized

7.0

A large tuna with long side fins often sold as canned fish

heterocercal fin

Specialized

9.9

A tail fin with a larger top than bottom and the backbone entering the top, like sharks

homocercal fin

Specialized

9.9

A tail fin that is the same on both sides and extends past the spine, seen in most bony fish

pelvic fin

Specialized

6.3

One of a pair of small fins on the lower body of a fish that help it steer

tail fin

3.1

A flat fin at a fish's rear used to push and steer it in water

soup-fin

Specialized

9.9

A Pacific shark with fins used for Chinese soup and liver rich in vitamin A

ventral fin

Specialized

6.1

A fin under a fish that helps it balance and turn

ventral fin

Specialized

6.7

A fin under a plane or rocket that helps keep it stable in flight

Surface Forms

fin infinitive

finned past

finned past participle

finning present participle

fins third person singular

Etymology

Fin meaning to show the fins above the water comes from the noun fin and means to lift or display that flat, wing-like part above the surface, like a shark's fin breaking the sea.