FINISH
/ˈfɪnɪʃ/ ► audio Scrabble 12 Words With Friends 12
Definition
- verb come or bring to a finish or an end.
— synonyms: complete
- verb finally be or do something.
— synonyms: finish_up, land_up, fetch_up, end_up, wind_up
- verb have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense.
— synonyms: end, stop, terminate, cease
- verb provide with a finish.
- verb finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table.
— synonyms: eat_up, polish_off
- verb cause to finish a relationship with somebody.
- noun a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance).
— synonyms: coating, finishing
- noun the temporal end.
— synonyms: stopping_point, finale, finis, last, conclusion, close
- noun a highly developed state of perfection.
— synonyms: polish, refinement, culture, cultivation
- noun the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey).
— synonyms: destination, goal
- noun designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race).
- noun the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict).
- noun event whose occurrence ends something.
— synonyms: ending, conclusion
- noun (wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed).
- noun the act of finishing.
— synonyms: finishing
Examples
- “The car's finish was so shiny and new.”
- “Be sure to finish your homework before you go to bed!”
- “The furniture was finished in teak veneer.”
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