verb (used with object), finned, fin·ning. to cut off the fins from (a fish); carve or cut up, as a chub. to provide or equip with a fin or fins. verb (used without object), finned, fin·ning. to move the fins; lash the water with the fins, as a whale when dying. QUIZ Smoothly step over to these common grammar mistakes that trip many people up.

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