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- 1 An end; the end of anything.
"Noel meets a cruel finish: "Kid," the government lackey who "protects" the clubs in the tourist belt, shoots Noel dead in an alley for stealing Pining out of the brothel."
- 2 the act of finishing wordnet
- 3 A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces.
"The car's finish was so shiny and new."
- 4 a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance) wordnet
- 5 The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth.
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- 6 (wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed) wordnet
- 7 A finishing touch; careful elaboration; polish.
- 8 event whose occurrence ends something wordnet
- 9 A shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal.
"The Italian opted for Bolton's Cahill alongside captain John Terry - and his decision was rewarded with a goal after only 13 minutes. Bulgaria gave a hint of defensive frailties to come when they failed to clear Young's corner, and when Gareth Barry found Cahill in the box he applied the finish past Nikolay Mihaylov."
- 10 the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict) wordnet
- 11 The ending of a match and its structure. slang
- 12 designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race) wordnet
- 13 the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey) wordnet
- 14 a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality wordnet
- 15 the temporal end; the concluding time wordnet
- 1 To complete (something). transitive
"Be sure to finish your homework before you go to bed!"
- 2 cause to finish a relationship with somebody wordnet
- 3 To apply a treatment to (a surface or similar). transitive
"The furniture was finished in teak veneer."
- 4 finally be or do something wordnet
- 5 To change an animal's food supply in the months before it is due for slaughter, with the intention of fattening the animal. transitive
"Due to BSE, cows in the United Kingdom must be finished and slaughtered before 30 months of age."
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- 6 come or bring to a finish or an end wordnet
- 7 To come to an end. intransitive
"We had to leave before the concert had finished."
- 8 finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table wordnet
- 9 To put an end to; to destroy. transitive
"These rumours could finish your career."
- 10 provide with a finish wordnet
- 11 To reach orgasm. intransitive
"Fucked my cousin in her asshole Before I finish on her tits"
- 12 have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English finishen, finisshen, finischen, from Old French finiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of finir, from Latin fīnīre, from fīnis (“end, limit, border, boundary”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”) or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).
From Middle English finishen, finisshen, finischen, from Old French finiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of finir, from Latin fīnīre, from fīnis (“end, limit, border, boundary”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”) or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).
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