noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of completing something.
2. 2
   the act of finishing wordnet
3. 3
   Shooting ability.

   "That guy's a slow and lazy player, but he's got excellent finishing."

4. 4
   a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance) wordnet
5. 5
   The final work upon or ornamentation of a thing; finish.

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of finish form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

finishablationabsorptionassimilationattritionburning up

Example

More examples

"Finishing the job by Tuesday will be a piece of cake."

Related phrases

finishing coatfinishing linefinishing movefinishing nailfinishing pressfinishing rollsfinishing schoolfinishing touchmass finishingphoto finishingwood finishing

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