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fin: organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals; a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish; show the fins above the water while swimming; "The sharks were finning near the surface"; propel oneself through the water in a finning motion; equip (a car) with fins

quintuplet collapse: one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy

sidestroke collapse: a swimming stroke in which the arms move forward and backward while the legs do a scissors kick

surfing collapse: the sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave

Phoebe collapse: small dun-colored North American flycatcher; (Greek mythology) a Titaness who became identified with Artemis as goddess of the moon

flapper collapse: a young woman in the 1920s who flaunted her unconventional conduct and dress

backstroke collapse: a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back; swim on one's back

gyroscope collapse: rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction

stabilizer collapse: a device for making something stable; airfoil consisting of a device for stabilizing an aircraft; a chemical that is added to a solution or mixture or suspension to maintain it in a stable or unchanging state

swim collapse: travel through water; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank"

flipper collapse: the flat broad limb of aquatic animals specialized for swimming; a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)

swimming collapse: the act of swimming; "it was the swimming they enjoyed most": "they took a short swim in the pool"

counterweight collapse: a weight that balances another weight; constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to

penny collapse: a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit; a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound

G collapse: the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet; a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated

fixative collapse: a varnish dissolved in alcohol and sprayed over pictures to prevent smudging; a compound (such as ethanol or formaldehyde) that fixes tissues and cells for microscopic study

nickel collapse: a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar; five dollars worth of a drug; "a nickel bag of drugs"; "a nickel deck of heroin"; a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite; plate with nickel; "nickel the plate"

dollar collapse: a symbol of commercialism or greed; "he worships the almighty dollar"; "the dollar sign means little to him"; a United States coin worth one dollar; "the dollar coin has never been popular in the United States"; a piece of paper money worth one dollar; the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents

bathe collapse: the act of swimming; "the Englishman said he had a good bathe"; cleanse the entire body; "bathe daily"; clean one's body by immersion into water; "The child should bathe every day"; suffuse with or as if with light; "The room was bathed in sunlight"

floating collapse: the act of someone who floats on the water; borne up by or suspended in a liquid; "the ship is still floating"; "floating logs"; "floating seaweed"; inclined to move or be moved about; "a floating crap game"

quintet collapse: a musical composition for five performers; five people considered as a unit; a set of five similar things considered as a unit; five performers or singers who perform together

missile collapse: a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control

copper collapse: any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings; a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper; a copper penny; a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor; coat with a layer of copper

crawl collapse: a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep"; a very slow movement; "the traffic advanced at a crawl"; a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick; move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"; swim by doing the crawl; "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"; be crawling with; "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"; feel as if crawling with insects; "My skin crawled--I was terrified"

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