


  Definition of finish
  1. the act of finishing; "his best finish in a major tournament was third"; "the speaker''s finishing was greeted with applause"
  3. (wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed); "the wine has a nutty flavor and a pleasant finish"
  5. the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict); "booze will be the finish of him"; "it was a fight to the finish"
  6. designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race); "excitement grew as the finish neared"; "my horse was several lengths behind at the finish"; "the winner is the team with the most points at the finish"
  7. the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey); "a crowd assembled at the finish"; "he was nearly exhuasted as their destination came into view"
  10. cause to finish a relationship with somebody; "That finished me with Mary"
  12. come or bring to a finish or an end; "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master''s Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours"
  13. finish eating all the food on one''s plate or on the table; "She polished off the remaining potatoes"
  14. provide with a finish; "The carpenter finished the table beautifully"
Similar Words: finishing, coating, ending, conclusion, destination, goal, polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, stopping point, finale, finis, last, close, finish up, land up, fetch up, end up, wind up, complete, eat up, polish off, end, stop, terminate, cease


Hyponyms: finale, close, closing curtain, finis, glaze, shoeshine, end, last, final stage, result, resultant, final result, outcome, termination, foregone conclusion, matter of course, destruction, demolition, wipeout, omega, Z, stop, halt, victory, triumph, defeat, licking, draw, standoff, tie, photo finish, second-place finish, runner-up finish, third-place finish, finishing line, finish line, top, top off, get through, wrap up, finish off, mop up, polish off, clear up, finish up, see through, round out, finish out, follow through, follow up, follow out, carry out, implement, put through, go through, carry through, accomplish, execute, action, fulfill, fulfil, tuck in, tuck away, put away, dress, broom, pass away, lapse, cut out, go out, adjourn, recess, break up, vanish, disappear, culminate, climax, run out, run low, run short, go, go away, conclude, turn out, come out, discontinue, break


Derivational Morphology: complete, end, stop, terminate, cease, coat, surface, destine, fate, doom, designate, educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise, polish, refine, fine-tune, down, round, round off, polish up, brush up, conclude, close, fold, shut down, close down, ending, conclusion, stopping point, finale, finis, last, completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop up, closer, finisher, finishing, coating, end point, endpoint, termination, terminus, destruction, death, final stage


Language Translations:
Catalan: meta   Chinese: 终结  
Danish: slutning   Dutch: afwerken and eindstreep  
Finnish: lopettaa and loppu   French: fin and finir  
Galician: acabar   German: beenden and Ende  
Greek: τέλος and τελειώνω   Interlingua: fin and finir  
Irish: críochnaigh   Italian: fine and finire  
Latvian: beigas and beigt   Norwegian: avslutning and avslutte  
Polish: koniec   Portuguese: acabar and fim  
Spanish: acabar and meta   Telugu: ముగించు  
Thai: เสร็จ  
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