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Finishing

Finishing Meaning & Definition
Finishing Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Finishing?

[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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Finishing: coating | finish | finish

Related Terms | Find terms related to Finishing: ablation | absorption | assimilation | attrition | burning up | capping | close | closing | completing | completion | completive | completory | concluding | conclusion | conclusive | consummative | consummatory | consumption | crowning | culminating | culmination | culminative | depletion | digestion | drain | eating up | end | ending | erosion | exhaustion | expending | expenditure | final | finalizing | finish | fulfilling | full development | impoverishment | ingestion | last | maturation | maturity | perfecting | perfection | perfective | ripeness | rounding off | rounding out | spending | squandering | terminal | terminating | termination | terminative | terminus | topping off | ultimate | using up | wastage | waste | wastefulness | wasting away | wearing away | wearing down | windup

See Also | close | closing | closing curtain | completion | culmination | decorativeness | finale | finis | glaze | mop up | shoeshine | windup

Finishing In Webster's Dictionary

\Fin"ish*ing\, n. The act or process of completing or perfecting; the final work upon or ornamentation of a thing.
\Fin"ish*ing\, a. Tending to complete or to render fit for the market or for use. {Finishing coat}. (a) (Plastering) the final coat of plastering applied to walls and ceilings, usually white and rubbed smooth. (b) (Painting) The final coat of paint, usually differently mixed applied from the others. {Finishing press}, a machine for pressing fabrics. {Finishing rolls} (Iron Working), the rolls of a train which receive the bar from roughing rolls, and reduce it to its finished shape. --Raymond.

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