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Quick definitions from WordNet (finish)
▸ noun: the act of finishing ("His best finish in a major tournament was third")
▸ noun: (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")
▸ noun: the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict) ("Booze will be the finish of him")
▸ noun: designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race) ("Excitement grew as the finish neared")
▸ noun: the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey) ("A crowd assembled at the finish")
▸ noun: a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance) ("The boat had a metallic finish")
▸ noun: event whose occurrence ends something ("When these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show")
▸ noun: the temporal end; the concluding time ("The market was up at the finish")
▸ noun: a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality ("Almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art--Joseph Conrad")
▸ verb: cause to finish a relationship with somebody ("That finished me with Mary")
▸ verb: provide with a finish ("The carpenter finished the table beautifully")
▸ verb: come or bring to a finish or an end ("He finished the dishes")
▸ verb: finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
▸ verb: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
▸ verb: finally be or do something
▸ Also see finishing
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to finish
▸ Usage examples for finish
▸ Idioms related to finish (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing finish
▸ Words that often appear near finish
▸ Rhymes of finish
▸ Invented words related to finish
▸ noun: the act of finishing ("His best finish in a major tournament was third")
▸ noun: (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")
▸ noun: the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict) ("Booze will be the finish of him")
▸ noun: designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race) ("Excitement grew as the finish neared")
▸ noun: the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey) ("A crowd assembled at the finish")
▸ noun: a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance) ("The boat had a metallic finish")
▸ noun: event whose occurrence ends something ("When these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show")
▸ noun: the temporal end; the concluding time ("The market was up at the finish")
▸ noun: a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality ("Almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art--Joseph Conrad")
▸ verb: cause to finish a relationship with somebody ("That finished me with Mary")
▸ verb: provide with a finish ("The carpenter finished the table beautifully")
▸ verb: come or bring to a finish or an end ("He finished the dishes")
▸ verb: finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
▸ verb: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
▸ verb: finally be or do something
▸ Also see finishing
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to finish
▸ Usage examples for finish
▸ Idioms related to finish (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing finish
▸ Words that often appear near finish
▸ Rhymes of finish
▸ Invented words related to finish