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Finish   /fˈɪnɪʃ/   Listen
Finish

verb
(past & past part. finished; pres. part. finishing)
1.
Come or bring to a finish or an end.  Synonym: complete.  "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree" , "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours"
2.
Finally be or do something.  Synonyms: end up, fetch up, finish up, land up, wind up.  "He wound up being unemployed and living at home again"
3.
Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.  Synonyms: cease, end, stop, terminate.  "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other" , "My property ends by the bushes" , "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
4.
Provide with a finish.  "This shirt is not finished properly"
5.
Finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table.  Synonyms: eat up, polish off.
6.
Cause to finish a relationship with somebody.
noun
1.
A decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance).  Synonyms: coating, finishing.  "He applied a coat of a clear finish" , "When the finish is too thin it is difficult to apply evenly"
2.
The temporal end; the concluding time.  Synonyms: close, conclusion, finale, finis, last, stopping point.  "The market was up at the finish" , "They were playing better at the close of the season"
3.
A highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality.  Synonyms: cultivation, culture, polish, refinement.  "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose" , "Almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"
4.
The place designated as the end (as of a race or journey).  Synonyms: destination, goal.  "He was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view"
5.
Designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race).  "My horse was several lengths behind at the finish" , "The winner is the team with the most points at the finish"
6.
The downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict).  "It was a fight to the finish"
7.
Event whose occurrence ends something.  Synonyms: conclusion, ending.  "When these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show"
8.
(wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed).
9.
The act of finishing.  Synonym: finishing.  "The speaker's finishing was greeted with applause"



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"Finish" Quotes from Famous Books



... kill. He's shooting to kill, and he ain't ever done that before. He crippled his men; he put 'em out of the way with a busted leg or a plugged shoulder; but now he's out to finish 'em. ...
— The Seventh Man • Max Brand
... resistance than we have bargained for. The news that Bandoola has repulsed his assailants—and you may be sure that this has been exaggerated into a great victory—will restore the spirit of the Burmese. It is evident that we must turn back, and finish off with ...
— On the Irrawaddy - A Story of the First Burmese War • G. A. Henty
... she said, peering down from the window into the night; "she would have been killed for certain. Her rope of sheets does not reach more than a third of the way down. She would have had over thirty feet to fall, and if that had not been enough to finish her, she would of a certainty have, been drowned in ...
— St. Martin's Summer • Rafael Sabatini
... sure baker on the bottom. One damper does the whole regulating business. A guard rail to keep the clothes from contact with the heated surface and convenient towel driers are also provided. There is no nickel finish, but solid bronze instead. These are features which should recommend it to architects; besides which it is compact, and occupies little floor space, durable, and made with the same care in every detail that has characterized the Walker & Pratt goods for forty years. It is a kitchen ...
— The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Vol. 1, No. 10, October 1895. - French Farmhouses. • Various
... mine are!" thought she, smiling with a mother's pride; and, smiling at herself, too, for being so proud of them. "What other children could have made anything so like a little girl's figure out of snow at the first trial? Well; but now I must finish Peony's new frock, for his grandfather is coming to-morrow, and I want the little fellow ...
— The Snow Image • Nathaniel Hawthorne


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