: having a fin or fins
… the real stars of underwater acoustics are the finned marine mammals, including whales, porpoises and dolphins.—
Todd Preston
Todd Prestona finned Cadillac
a finned cylinder
—often used in combinationThe first postwar car with fins and V-8 power set a mood of exuberance that reached its peak with the shark-finned Caddy of 1959.—Joseph R. Szczesny
Joseph R. Szczesny
Examples of finned in a Sentence
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Notably, there were concerns about the fragility of a finned tibial tray, one of the four pieces of the knee replacement that fits into the shin bone, according to the whistleblower lawsuit.
—Fred Schulte, CBS News, 10 Oct. 2023
The Curtiss, by contrast, looks vicious: satin-black, ears back, with eight finned cylinders churning out 40 horsepower, a big dog ready to bite.
—Elana Scherr, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023
The museum said the finned animal appears in fossil records before the existence of trees and sharks have survived five mass extinctions.
—Cortney Moore, Fox News, 13 Aug. 2023
The sci-fi seafaring sequel returns Statham as a rescue diver who survived an encounter with a supposedly extinct megalodon in the first movie and now has to face a trio of finned foes, other sea monsters and environmental bad guys.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2023
Cadillac had been better known for the massive, finned cars of the past and the Seville’s fuel economy and handling caught the attention of drivers.
—Amir Vahdat, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2023
Zotac has sold previous fanless Picos with even slower Intel Celeron processors, but not an Intel Core i3 — and this computer’s immediate predecessor, the PI336, was dinged for being unable to maintain peak performance even though Zotac turned its entire case into a finned heatsink.
—Sean Hollister, The Verge, 23 May 2023
Shifting was via a four-speed gearbox, and the chassis featured a beam front axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, a live rear axle with reversed quarter-elliptic leaf springs, front and rear De Ram shock absorbers and four-wheel hydraulic finned drum brakes.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2021
Shark lovers will enjoy an even closer look at their finned friends in the Discovery Museum's Sharks In Depth exhibit.
—Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 12 May 2023
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Fred Schulte, CBS News, 10 Oct. 2023
The Curtiss, by contrast, looks vicious: satin-black, ears back, with eight finned cylinders churning out 40 horsepower, a big dog ready to bite.
—Elana Scherr, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023
The museum said the finned animal appears in fossil records before the existence of trees and sharks have survived five mass extinctions.
—Cortney Moore, Fox News, 13 Aug. 2023
The sci-fi seafaring sequel returns Statham as a rescue diver who survived an encounter with a supposedly extinct megalodon in the first movie and now has to face a trio of finned foes, other sea monsters and environmental bad guys.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2023
Cadillac had been better known for the massive, finned cars of the past and the Seville’s fuel economy and handling caught the attention of drivers.
—Amir Vahdat, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2023
Zotac has sold previous fanless Picos with even slower Intel Celeron processors, but not an Intel Core i3 — and this computer’s immediate predecessor, the PI336, was dinged for being unable to maintain peak performance even though Zotac turned its entire case into a finned heatsink.
—Sean Hollister, The Verge, 23 May 2023
Shifting was via a four-speed gearbox, and the chassis featured a beam front axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, a live rear axle with reversed quarter-elliptic leaf springs, front and rear De Ram shock absorbers and four-wheel hydraulic finned drum brakes.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2021
Shark lovers will enjoy an even closer look at their finned friends in the Discovery Museum's Sharks In Depth exhibit.
—Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 12 May 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of finned was
in the 14th century
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“Finned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/finned. Accessed 11 Dec. 2023.
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