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Finish Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Finish?
[n] the act of finishing; "his best finish in a major tournament was third"; "the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause"
[n] a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance); "the boat had a metallic finish"; "he applied a coat of a clear finish"; "when the finish is too thin it is difficult to apply evenly" [n] (wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed); "the wine has a nutty flavor and a pleasant finish" [n] event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show" [n] the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict); "booze will be the finish of him"; "it was a fight to the finish" [n] designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race); "excitement grew as the finish neared"; "my horse was several lengths behind at the finish"; "the winner is the team with the most points at the finish" [n] the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey); "a crowd assembled at the finish"; "he was nearly exhuasted as their destination came into view" [n] a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad [n] the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season" [v] come or bring to a finish or an end; "He finished the dishes"; "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" [v] cause to finish a relationship with somebody; "That finished me with Mary" [v] finally be or do something, as in"He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart" [v] finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table; "She polished off the remaining potatoes" [v] provide with a finish, as of furniture, for example [v] have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" Synonyms | Synonyms for Finish: cease | close | coating | complete | conclusion | conclusion | cultivation | culture | destination | eat up | end | end up | ending | finale | finis | finishing | finishing | goal | last | polish | polish off | refinement | stop | stopping point | terminate | wind up Related Terms | Find terms related to Finish: ablate | abort | absoluteness | absorb | accomplish | accomplishment | achieve | achievement | acquirement | acquisition | annihilate | annihilation | answer | answer conclusively | apodosis | appropriateness | argue down | assassinate | assimilate | attainment | Atticism | balance | beat | beautify | bereave of life | best | bilateral symmetry | bleed white | border line | bound | boundary | boundary condition | boundary line | bourn | break boundary | breakoff point | bring down | buff | bump off | burn up | burnish | button up | call off | cancel | cap | carry away | carry off | carry out | carry to completion | catastrophe | cease | ceasing | ceiling | cessation | chasteness | chastity | chloroform | circumscription | clarity | classicalism | classicism | clean up | clearness | climax | clinch | close | close out | close up | closing | coda | comeliness | compass | complete | completing | completion | conclude | conclusion | confine | conformity | confound | confute | congruity | conquer | consistency | consume | consummate | consummation | contradict | controvert | cool | correctness | correspondence | crack of doom | crown | crush | culminate | culmination | cultivate | cultivation | curtain | curtains | cut down | cut off | cut short | cutoff | cutoff point | deadline | death | decease | defeat | defectlessness | delete | delimitation | demolish | denouement | deny | deplete | deprive of life | desistance | destination | destiny | destroy | destruction | determinant | determine | develop | devour | digest | dignity | directness | discrimination | dismiss | dispatch | dispose of | distinction | division line | do away with | do for | do in | do to death | doom | down | downfall | drain | drain of resources | drink up | drop the curtain | dust off | dynamic symmetry | ease | eat | eat up | effect | elaborate | elegance | elegancy | embellish | end | end off | end point | ending | envoi | epilogue | equality | equilibrium | erode | eschatology | eurythmics | eurythmy | evenness | evolve | execute | exhaust | expend | expiration | expunge | exterminate | extermination | extinguish | extremity | fate | faultlessness | feel | felicitousness | felicity | final solution | final twitch | final words | finale | finality | finalize | finis | finish off | finish up | finishing | fittingness | flawlessness | floor | flow | flowing periods | fluency | fold up | frontier | fulfill | full development | furbish | get done | get it over | get over with | get rid of | get through | get through with | give the quietus | glance | glaze | gloss | go | goal | gobble | gobble up | good taste | grace | gracefulness | gracility | grain | granular texture | halt | harmony | have done with | hedge | high-water mark | ice | immaculateness | immolate | impeccability | impoverish | indentation | infallibility | ingest | interface | izzard | kayo | keeping | kibosh | kill | killing | knock off | knock out | knub | KO | last | last breath | last gasp | last things | last trumpet | last words | latter end | launch into eternity | let go | let loose | limen | limit | limitation | limiting factor | limpidity | line | line of demarcation | liquidate | lower limit | low-water mark | lucidity | luster | lynch | make away with | march | mark | martyr | martyrize | maturation | mature | maturity | mete | mop up | multilateral symmetry | murder | nap | naturalness | neatness | nip | nonplus | nub | omega | overcome | overthrow | overturn | overwhelm | parallelism | parry | patina | payoff | pellucidity | perfect | perfection | period | perorate | peroration | perspicuity | pile | pit | plainness | pock | poison | polarity | polish | polish off | proportion | proportionality | propriety | protuberance | purge | purity | put away | put down | put paid to | put to death | put to silence | put to sleep | quietus | rebut | reduce to silence | refine | refinement | refute | regularity | release | remove from life | resolution | resolve | resting place | restraint | ripen | ripeness | round out | rounding off | rounding out | rub | rub out | run through | sacrifice | scour | scrag | scrap | scratch | season | seemliness | set free | settle | shag | shapeliness | shine | shoot down | shut up | silence | simplicity | sinlessness | slaughter | slay | sleek | slick | slick down | smash all opposition | smoothness | spend | spotlessness | squander | squash | squelch | stainlessness | start | starting line | starting point | starve | stop | stoppage | stopping place | straightforwardness | structure | subvert | suck dry | surface | surface texture | swallow | swallow up | swan song | symmetricalness | symmetry | taintlessness | take life | take off | target date | taste | tastefulness | term | terminal | terminal date | terminate | termination | terminus | terseness | texture | threshold | time allotment | to | top off | top out | topping off | trilateral symmetry | ultimate | unaffectedness | undermine | uniformity | upper limit | upset | use up | varnish | wale | wash up | waste | waste away | wax | wear away | weave | wind up | windup | wipe out | woof | worst | wrap up | Z | zap See Also | accomplish | act | adjourn | break | break up | broom | carry out | carry through | clear up | climax | close | close | closing | closing curtain | coat | come out | completion | culminate | culmination | cut out | decorativeness | defeat | demolition | destruction | die hard | disappear | discontinue | downfall | draw | dress | eat | end | end | end | end | end up | ending | execute | fetch up | final result | final stage | finale | finis | finish line | finish off | finish out | finish up | finish up | finishing line | flawlessness | follow through | foregone conclusion | fulfil | fulfill | get through | glaze | go | go away | go out | go through | gustatory perception | gustatory sensation | halt | happening | implement | land up | lapse | last | licking | matter of course | mop up | mop up | move | natural event | ne plus ultra | occurrence | omega | outcome | pass away | perfection | photo finish | polish off | put away | put through | recess | result | resultant | round out | ruin | ruination | run low | run short | runner-up finish | second-place finish | see through | shoeshine | standoff | stop | surface | taste | taste perception | taste sensation | terminate | termination | third-place finish | tie | triumph | tuck away | tuck in | turn out | vanish | victory | wind up | windup | wrap up | Z Finish In Webster's Dictionary \Fin"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Finished}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Finishing}.] [F. finir (with a stem finiss- in several
forms, whence E. -ish: see -ish.),fr. L. finire to limit,
finish, end, fr. finis boundary, limit, end; perh. for
fidnis, and akin findere to cleave, E. fissure.]
1. To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end
to; to make an end of; to terminate.
And heroically hath finished A life heroic.
--Milton.
2. To bestow the last required labor upon; to complete; to
bestow the utmost possible labor upon; to perfect; to
accomplish; to polish.
Syn: To end; terminate; close; conclude; complete;
accomplish; perfect.
\Fin"ish\, v. i. 1. To come to an end; to terminate. His days may finish ere that hapless time. --Shak. 2. To end; to die. [R.] --Shak. \Fin"ish\, n. 1. That which finishes, puts an end to? or perfects. 2. (Arch.) The joiner work and other finer work required for the completion of a building, especially of the interior. See {Inside finish}, and {Outside finish}. 3. (Fine Arts) (a) The labor required to give final completion to any work; hence, minute detail, careful elaboration, or the like. (b) See {Finishing coat}, under {Finishing}. 4. The result of completed labor, as on the surface of an object; manner or style of finishing; as, a rough, dead, or glossy finish given to cloth, stone, metal, etc. 5. Completion; -- opposed to {start}, or {beginning}. |
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