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(verb) show the fins above the water while swimming (of fish); "The sharks were finning near the surface" |
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Synonyms: break water |
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Related Words: swim |
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(verb) propel oneself through the water in a finning motion |
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Related Words: swim |
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(verb) equip with fins, as of a car |
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Related Words: equip, fit, fit out, outfit |
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(noun) organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals |
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Related Words: appendage, caudal fin, dorsal fin, extremity, member, pectoral fin, pelvic fin, tail fin, ventral fin |
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(noun) a stabilizer that resembles the fins of a fish |
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Related Words: stabilizer |
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(noun) paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater) |
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Synonyms: fins, flipper, flippers |
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Related Words: shoe |
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(noun) one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain |
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Synonyms: louver, louvre |
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Related Words: slat, spline |
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(noun) one of a pair of decorative projections on the rear fenders of an automobile |
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Synonyms: tail fin, tailfin |
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Related Words: decoration, ornament, ornamentation |
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(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one |
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Synonyms: 5, Little Phoebe, Phoebe, V, cinque, five, fivesome, pentad, quint, quintet, quintuplet |
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Related Words: digit |
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