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Words with a similar base: fin, tail_fin, tailfin

'fin'

[five.n.01] as in: the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

'fin'

[tail_fin.n.02] as in: one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile

'fin'

[louver.n.01] as in: one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain

'fin'

[flipper.n.01] as in: a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)

'fin'

[fin.n.05] as in: a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish

'fin'

[fin.n.06] as in: organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals

'fin'

[fin.v.01] as in: equip (a car) with fins

'fin'

[fin.v.02] as in: propel oneself through the water in a finning motion

'fin'

[fin.v.03] as in: show the fins above the water while swimming

Examples:
The sharks were finning near the surface

Origins

					fin (English)
├── fin (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   ├── fin (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
│   └── finn (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
└── פֿינף (Yiddish)
    └── fimf (Old High German (ca. 750-1050))