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fin⋅ish

[fin-ish]

–verb (used with object)

1.	to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.

2.	to come to the end of (a course, period of time, etc.): to finish school.

3.	to use completely (often fol. by up or off): to finish up a can of paint; to finish off the rest of the milk.

4.	to overcome completely; destroy or kill (often fol. by off): This spray will finish off the cockroaches.

5.	to complete and perfect in detail; put the final touches on (sometimes fol. by up): He decided to finish his plan more carefully. She finished up a painting.

6.	to put a finish on (wood, metal, etc.): We finished the desk in antique red lacquer.

7.	to perfect (a person) in education, accomplishments, social graces, etc.

8.	to ready (livestock) for market by feeding a diet calculated to produce the desired weight.

–verb (used without object)

9.	to come to an end: The course finishes in January.

10.	to complete a course, project, etc. (sometimes fol. by up): I finished before he did. It was nine o'clock when we finished up.

11.	(of livestock) to become fattened for market.

–noun

12.	the end or conclusion; the final part or last stage.

13.	the end of a hunt, race, etc.: a close finish.

14.	a decisive ending: a fight to the finish.

15.	the quality of being finished or completed with smoothness, elegance, etc.: to admire the finish of one's writing.

16.	educational or social polish.

17.	the manner in which an object is perfected or finished in its preparation, or an effect imparted in finishing.

18.	the surface coating or texture of wood, metal, etc.

19.	something used or serving to finish, complete, or perfect a thing.

20.	woodwork or the like, esp. in the interior of a building, not essential to the structure but used for purposes of ornament, neatness, etc.: a finish of black walnut.

21.	Also called finish coat, finishing coat. a final coat of plaster or paint.

22.	a material for application in finishing.

23.	Animal Husbandry. the fat tissue of livestock.

24.	the flavor remaining in the mouth after a wine has been swallowed.

—Verb phrase

25.

finish with,

a.	to bring to completion: She's finished with her latest novel.

b.	to put aside, break all relations with, or reject finally: He's finished with football and will play only baseball now. After the way they treated us, we're finished with them.

Origin:
1300–50; ME finisshen < AF, MF finiss-, long s. of finir < L fīnīre to end. See fine ¹

Related forms:

fin⋅ish⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. terminate, conclude, close. 13. See end ¹ .

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fin·ish (fĭn'ĭsh)

v. fin·ished, fin·ish·ing, fin·ish·es

v. tr.

To arrive at or attain the end of: finish a race.
To bring to an end; terminate: finished cleaning the room.
To consume all of; use up: finish a pie.
To bring to a desired or required state: finish a painting. See Synonyms at complete.
To give (wood, for example) a desired or particular surface texture.
To destroy; kill: finished the injured horse with a bullet.
To bring about the ruin of: The stock market crash finished many speculators.

v. intr.

To come to an end; stop.
To reach the end of a task, course, or relationship.

The final part; the conclusion: racers neck-and-neck at the finish.
The reason for one's ruin; downfall.
Something that completes, concludes, or perfects, especially:
1. The last treatment or coating of a surface: applied a shellac finish to the cabinet.
2. The surface texture produced by such a treatment or coating.
3. A material used in surfacing or finishing.
Completeness, refinement, or smoothness of execution; polish.
The flavor left in the mouth after wine has been swallowed.

[Middle English finishen, from Old French finir, finiss-, to complete, from Latin fīnīre, from fīnis, end.]
fin'ish·er n.

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Finish

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.

Finish

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.

Finish

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.

Language Translation for : finish

Spanish: acabar, terminar,

German: (be)enden,

Japanese: 終える

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finish (v.)

c.1350, from O.Fr. finiss-, stem of finir, from L. finire "to limit, set bounds, end," from finis "boundary, limit, border, end," of unknown origin, perhaps related to figere "to fasten, fix" (see fix). The noun is first attested 1790. Finishing school is from 1836.

finish

see from soup to nuts (start to finish); in at the death (finish).

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