finish

Forms

1.An end; the end of anything.
- Noel meets a cruel finish: "Kid," the government lackey who "protects" the clubs in the tourist belt, shoots Noel dead in an alley for stealing Pining out of the brothel.
2.A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces.
- The car's finish was so shiny and new.
- They're sipping Darjeeling tea, and the silver tea set is polished to a mirror finish so reflective that you can see your likeness.
3.The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth.
- We need to finish painting our house.
- I will have to wait till I finish schooling and start earning money.
- Let me finish eating, please.
4.A finishing touch; careful elaboration; polish.
- We need to finish painting our house.
- I will have to wait till I finish schooling and start earning money.
- Let me finish eating, please.

1.To complete (something).
- Be sure to finish your homework before you go to bed!
2.To apply a treatment to (a surface or similar).
- The furniture was finished in teak veneer.
- Seats are trimmed in a grey and blue moquette and tables are finished with grey Vyanide tops, gilt edging and ebony legs.
3.To change an animal's food supply in the months before it is due for slaughter, with the intention of fattening the animal.
- Due to BSE, cows in the United Kingdom must be finished and slaughtered before 30 months of age.
4.To come to an end.
- We had to leave before the concert had finished.

Common· #874

From Middle English finishen, finisshen, finischen

From Old French finiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of finir

From Latin fīnīre