finish

Meaning

Noun

1. An end; the end of anything.
2. A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces.
3. The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth.
4. A finishing touch; careful elaboration; polish.
5. A shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal.
6. (slang) The ending of a match and its structure.

Verb

1. (transitive) To complete (something).
2. (transitive) To apply a treatment to (a surface or similar).
3. (transitive) To change an animal's food supply in the months before it is due for slaughter, with the intention of fattening the animal.
4. (intransitive) To come to an end.
5. (transitive) To put an end to; to destroy.
6. (intransitive) To reach orgasm.

Synonyms

end

🔚

complete

terminate

conclude

stop

🛑

accomplish

cease

conclusion

close

come to an end

achieve

completion

termination

ending

accomodate

quit

settle

perfect

fulfil

bring to an end

end up

run out

finish up

polish

🇵🇱

fulfill

wind up

finale

do

consummate

finishing

perform

finalize

be over

be completed

execute

use up

discontinue

halt

done

goal

kill

🔪🩸👤

be finished

expire

abate

close in

land up

last

eat up

dispatch

over

Translations

finir

finire

terminar

acabar

terminare

🔚

beenden

terminer

🔚

achever

acabar

terminar

beëindigen

🔚

fin

🔚

concluir

acabar

aufhören

🛑

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɪnɪʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: finishen

In summary

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”).

Sentences

Write fast if you want to finish early .

In surprise finish , the final score was seven to five .