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fin·ished
[fin-isht] Pronunciation Key
[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. |
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| fin·ish
(fĭn'ĭsh) Pronunciation Key
v. fin·ished, fin·ish·ing, fin·ish·es v. tr.
v. intr.
n.
[Middle English finishen, from Old French finir, finiss-, to complete, from Latin fīnīre, from fīnis, end.] fin'ish·er n. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| fin·ished
(fĭn'ĭsht) Pronunciation Key
adj.
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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.
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