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fin·ished       [fin-isht] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.ended or completed.
2.completed or perfected in all details, as a product: to pack and ship finished items.
3.polished to the highest degree of excellence: a dazzling and finished piece of writing.
4.highly skilled or accomplished: a finished violinist.
5.condemned, doomed, or in the process of extinction: The aristocracy was finished after the revolution.
6.(of livestock) fattened and ready for market.
[Origin: 1575–85; finish + -ed2]
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fin·ish       (fĭn'ĭsh)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   fin·ished, fin·ish·ing, fin·ish·es

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

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

n.  
  1. The final part; the conclusion: racers neck-and-neck at the finish.
  2. The reason for one's ruin; downfall.
  3. 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.
  4. Completeness, refinement, or smoothness of execution; polish.
  5. 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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fin·ished       (fĭn'ĭsht)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Highly accomplished or skilled; polished: a finished artist.
  2. Exhibiting a high degree of skill or polish: an essay that was a finished piece of work.
    1. Doomed to death or destruction.
    2. Having no more use, value, or potential; washed-up.

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finished

adjective
1. (of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state; "a finished product" [ant: unfinished] 
2. ended or brought to an end; "are you finished?"; "gave me the finished manuscript" [ant: unfinished] 
3. (of skills or the products of skills) brought to or having the greatest excellence; perfected; "a dazzling and finished piece of writing"; "a finished violinist" 
4. having a surface coating or finish applied; "the finished bookcase costs much more than the unfinished ones" 
5. brought to ruin; "after the revolution the aristocracy was finished"; "the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically" 

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Finished

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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