finish
/ˈfɪnɪʃ/ noun, verb
Forms finishes finishing finished finishest finishedst finisheth
- noun An end; the end of anything.
- noun A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces. “The car's finish was so shiny and new.”
- noun The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth.
- noun A finishing touch; careful elaboration; polish.
- noun (soccer) A shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal.
- noun (professional wrestling, slang) The ending of a match and its structure.
- noun (combat sports) The stoppage or conclusion of a bout before the scheduled rounds expire, resulting in an immediate victory via knockout (KO), technical knockout (TKO), or submission. “Oliveira holds multiple UFC records, notably the most submission wins in the organization's history at 17, most finishes at 21 and most bonuses at 21.”
- verb (transitive) To complete (something). “Be sure to finish your homework before you go to bed!”
- verb (transitive) To apply a treatment to (a surface or similar). “The furniture was finished in teak veneer.”
- verb (transitive) 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.”
- verb (intransitive) To come to an end. “We had to leave before the concert had finished.”
- verb (transitive) To put an end to; to destroy. “These rumours could finish your career.”
- verb (intransitive, sex) To reach orgasm.
- verb (combat sports) To stop an opponent and end a bout prematurely before the scheduled time limit expires, securing an immediate victory via knockout, technical knockout, or submission.
Synonyms
cessation close conclusion end ending endpoint final finale finis final curtain halt omega termination terminus see through coating finishing stopping point last polish refinement culture cultivation destination goal complete finish up land up fetch up end up
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Etymology
From Middle English finishen, finisshen, finischen, from Old French finiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of finir, from Latin fīnīre, from fīnis (“end, limit, border, boundary”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”) or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).
Webster’s 1913
- verb To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.
- verb To bestow the last required labor upon; to complete; to bestow the utmost possible labor upon; to perfect; to accomplish; to polish.
- verb To come to an end; to terminate.
- verb To end; to die. [R.] Shak.
Etymology [F. finir (with a stem finiss- in several forms, whence E. - ish: see -ish.),fr. L. finire to limit, finish, end, fr. finis boundary, limit, end; perh. for fidnis, and akin findere to cleave, E. fissure.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “finish”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details