Finish

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To stop (doing an activity or task) after reaching the point at which there is nothing left to do.
  • intransitive verb. To bring to a required or desired state: synonym: complete.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To arrive at or attain the end of.
  • intransitive verb. To perform the last maneuver in (an offensive play), scoring a goal.
  • intransitive verb. To consume all of; use up.
  • intransitive verb. To give (wood, for example) a desired or particular surface texture.
  • intransitive verb. To destroy; kill.
  • intransitive verb. To bring about the ruin of.
  • intransitive verb. To come to an end; stop.
  • intransitive verb. To reach the end of a task, course, or relationship.
  • intransitive verb. To score a goal as the last maneuver in a play.
  • noun. The final part; the conclusion.
  • noun. The reason for one's ruin; downfall.
  • noun. Something that completes, concludes, or perfects, especially.
  • noun. The last treatment or coating of a surface.
  • noun. The surface texture produced by such a treatment or coating.
  • noun. A material used in surfacing or finishing.
  • noun. Completeness, refinement, or smoothness of execution; polish.
  • noun. The flavor left in the mouth after wine has been swallowed.
  • phrasal verb. To stop interacting with (someone), especially to stop subjecting (someone) to something.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In building, all those parts of the work which are not essential to the structure but are intended to give elegance of appearance or neatness within, or such smoothness of surface as makes it easily cleaned.
  • To bring to an end; arrive at the end of; complete by passing throughout the length or extent of: as, to finish a journey or an undertaking; to finish the day; to finish one's life.
  • To bring to completion; complete by making or doing the last or final part of: as, to finish the reading of a book; to finish a task assigned; to finish a house.
  • To put an end to; terminate the existence, opposition, etc., of; destroy: as, to finish an enemy by an overwhelming defeat; the last blow finished him.
  • To complete and perfect in detail; elaborate carefully; put the final touches on, especially with reference to smoothing and polishing.
  • To arrive at the end; stop.
  • To come to an end; terminate; expire.
  • noun. The end or last part of any movement or progress; especially, the end of a race or competitive contest of any kind.
  • noun. The last work performed upon any object, whereby it is completed or perfected.
  • noun. Careful elaboration or its result; polish: as, the finish of a work of art, a poem, or a piece of cloth; to put a fine finish on anything, or to give it an exquisite finish; finish in deportment.
  • noun. The last hard, smooth coat of plaster on a wall: commonly called hard-finish.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.
  • transitive verb. To bestow the last required labor upon; to complete; to bestow the utmost possible labor upon; to perfect; to accomplish; to polish.
  • noun. That which finishes, puts an end to� or perfects.
  • noun. The joiner work and other finer work required for the completion of a building, especially of the interior. See Inside finish, and Outside finish.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The labor required to give final completion to any work; hence, minute detail, careful elaboration, or the like.
  • noun. See Finishing coat, under Finishing.
  • noun. The result of completed labor, as on the surface of an object; manner or style of finishing
  • noun. Completion; -- opposed to start, or beginning.
  • intransitive verb. To come to an end; to terminate.
  • intransitive verb. To end; to die.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An end: the end of anything.
  • noun. A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces.
  • noun. The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth.
  • noun. A shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal.
  • verb. To complete (something).
  • verb. To apply a treatment to (a surface or similar).
  • Word Usage
    "Tomorrow a kid can go to the same school and and finish the year and go back in Sept or August and still lbe illiterate..finish that year and still not be able to read a newspaper."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    act  downfall  end  ending  flawlessness  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    adjourn  break  breakup  climax  close  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Atticism  KO  Z  ablate  abort  
    variant
    finishing  
    verb-form