noun
- A decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance. )
- usage: "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"
- The act of finishing.
- usage: "his best finish in a major tournament was third"; "the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause"
- synonyms: finish
verb
- Come or bring to a finish or an end.
- usage: "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"
- Finally be or do something.
- usage: "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again"
- Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.
- usage: "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
- Provide with a finish.
- usage: "The carpenter finished the table beautifully"; "this shirt is not finished properly"
- synonyms: finish
- Finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table.
- usage: "She polished off the remaining potatoes"
- synonyms: eat up, finish, polish off
- Cause to finish a relationship with somebody.
- usage: "That finished me with Mary"
- synonyms: finish