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finish

noun

1 finish

A decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance):
— The boat had a metallic finish.
— He applied a coat of a clear finish.
— When the finish is too thin it is difficult to apply evenly.

synonyms: coating, finishing.

Roget 242: symmetry, shapeliness, finish; beauty etc. 845; proportion, eurythmy, uniformity, parallelism; bilateral symmetry, trilateral symmetry, multilateral symmetry; centrality ... show more

Dutch: finish
Polish: apretura

2 finish

The temporal end; the concluding time:
— The market was up at the finish.

synonyms: close, conclusion, finale, finis, last, stopping point.

Roget 67: end, close, termination; desinence, conclusion, finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega; extreme, ... show more

Roget 729: completion, accomplishment, achievement, fulfillment; performance, execution; despatch, dispatch; consummation, culmination; finish, conclusion; close etc. ... show more

3 finish

A highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality:
— Almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art.

synonyms: cultivation, culture, polish, refinement.

Polish: kultura

4 finish

The place designated as the end (as of a race or journey):
— A crowd assembled at the finish.

synonyms: destination, goal.

Dutch: reisdoel, reisbestemming, bestemming
Polish: cel

5 finish

Designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race).

6 finish

The downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict).

7 finish

Event whose occurrence ends something:
— When these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show.

synonyms: conclusion, ending.

Dutch: afloop, einde, uiteinde

8 finish

wine tasting The taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed).

9 finish

The act of finishing:
— His best finish in a major tournament was third.
— The speaker's finishing was greeted with applause.

synonym: finishing.

Dutch: finish

verb

1 finish

Come or bring to a finish or an end:
— He finished the dishes.
— The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours.

synonym: complete.

Roget 729: effect, effectuate; accomplish, achieve, compass, consummate, hammer out; bring to maturity, bring to perfection; perfect, complete; elaborate.    do, execute, ... show more

Dutch: afkomen, afkrijgen, afmaken, afronden, gereedkomen, klaarkrijgen, volbrengen, voleinden, voleindigen, voltooien

2 finish

Finally be or do something.

synonyms: end up, fetch up, finish up, land up, wind up.

Dutch: terechtkomen, belanden

3 finish

Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.

synonyms: cease, end, stop, terminate.

Roget 67: end, close, finish, terminate, conclude, be all over; expire; die etc. 360; come-, draw-to-a-close etc. n.; ... show more

Dutch: aftrappen, eindigen, nokken, ophouden, stilleggen, stoppen, uitlopen, uitscheiden

4 finish

Provide with a finish.

5 finish

Finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table.

synonyms: eat up, polish off.

Dutch: leegeten, opsnoepen, uiteten, vreten

6 finish

Cause to finish a relationship with somebody.


Moby thesaurus: Atticism, KO, Z, ablate, abort, absoluteness, absorb, accomplish, accomplishment, achieve, achievement, acquirement, acquisition, annihilate, annihilation, answer, answer conclusively, apodosis, appropriateness, argue down ... show more.

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