fin
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
Types & categories
- digit hypernym
Sense 2 verb
equip (a car) with fins
Types & categories
- outfit hypernym
Related & opposite
- fin derivation
Sense 3 noun
one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile
Types & categories
- decoration hypernym
Parts & wholes
- car part holonym
Related & opposite
- fin derivation
Sense 4 verb
propel oneself through the water in a finning motion
Types & categories
- swim hypernym
Related & opposite
- fin derivation
- flipper derivation
- water sport domain topic
Sense 5 noun
one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain
Types & categories
- slat hypernym
Parts & wholes
- jalousie part holonym
Sense 6 verb
show the fins above the water while swimming
The sharks were finning near the surface
Types & categories
- swim hypernym
Related & opposite
- fin derivation
Sense 7 noun
a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)
Types & categories
- shoe hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 8 noun
a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish
Types & categories
- stabiliser hypernym
- vane hyponym
Parts & wholes
- ship part holonym
Sense 9 noun
organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals
Types & categories
- appendage hypernym
- dorsal fin hyponym
- pectoral fin hyponym
- pelvic fin hyponym
- caudal fin hyponym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
- break water derivation
- fin derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | digit |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fin |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | outfit |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fin |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | car |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | decoration |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fin |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | flipper |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | water sport |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | swim |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | jalousie |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | slat |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | fin |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | swim |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | flip |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | fin |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | shoe |
| 8 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | ship |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | stabiliser |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | vane |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | break water |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | fin |
| 9 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | fish |
| 9 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | ray |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | appendage |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | dorsal fin |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | pectoral fin |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | pelvic fin |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | caudal fin |