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.

Verb

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

Concepts

finish

end

complete

terminate

conclude

stop

accomplish

cease

conclusion

close

come to an end

termination

achieve

completion

ending

quit

accomodate

settle

perfect

fulfil

bring to an end

end up

fulfill

run out

polish

finish up

finale

wind up

finalize

consummate

perform

do

finishing

discontinue

execute

be completed

be over

use up

expire

abate

halt

be finished

kill

goal

close in

done

finish off

prepare

complement

polish off

last

put away

consume

land up

eat up

destination

finis

dispatch

be done with

break up

completely

exhausted

over

destroy

finish line

final

all

aim

lift

prorogue

quell

staunch

tip

fill in

fill

fill up

imbue

permeate

get through with

put an end to

make an end of

ready

death

coat

be done

closure

round off

lacquer

be exhausted

be used up

give out

terminus

make the final blow

decoration

fetch up

coating

cultivation

culture

refinement

stopping point

subside

disappear

work out

leave

get over

overcome

be complete

fall

die

carry out

get through

accomplishment

be concluded

free oneself from

abolish

completed

reach

glaze

objective

purpose

finishing line

dress

finalise

terminated

consumed

used up

empty

come

zenith

acme

apex

boils sens de bouillir

highlight

peak

point

summit

output

produce

abide

abide by

exercise

keep

meet

observe

reach the ultimate point

make perfect

make useless

clinch

discharge

do the deed

effect

go through with

realize

deplete

get to the end of

go through

get it over with

let end

do something completely

cut out

made for

spinning

dash

launch

shoot up

wash up

understanding

bring to a close

discontinuance

attain

peter out

culminate

adorn

decorate

be brought to an end

cessation

edge

fulfillment

summing-up

closing

devour

eat

surface

texture

continue

prosecute

standstill

trim

trimmings

finishing post

adjust

manage

take to the end

ac complish

bring to a conclusion

put an end

finer works

give a finish

make small reparations

lose

cut

knit up

forgive

avoid

beauty

gloss

settle differences

be emancipated

be finished with

be free

be quit of

get away

go away

be satiated with

be satisfied with

get rid of

surmount

stop short

disperse

finish with

settle the matter

transact

change

convert

transform

perish

sink

pretend

calm

calm down

clear up

create

elaboration

milling

pick up

extremity

surcease

draw in

high finish

degree of finish

smooth finish

smoothness

make good

final lacquer

abrade

burnish

burnishing

furbish

glassing

grinding-in

ground finish

polishing

put a gloss on

dissolution

finishing coat

top-coat

cross the finish line

l

intact

be up

elapse

finished

wind down

come to nothing

border

dwindle away

be ended

completative

dispense with

have done with

dispose of

fail

stiffening

tata

object

aftertaste

abrogate

break

call it quits

cheese

click off

close out

close up

cut off

fold

kick

knock off

leave off

pull the plug

put down

sign off

snuff out

beat

closing curtain

demise

doom

dying

gone

passing

period

tail

windup

lapse

paint

score

target

touchdown

cap off

choose

decide

dissolve

elect

fix

resolve

rule

wrap up

consummation

deciding

decision

eventuate

settle on

completeness

fare-thee-well

perfection

totality

bottom line

event

issue

line score

offspring

outcome

profit

result

turnout

upshot

yield

down

round

size

make a decision

finalizing

defeat

set free

decor

done with

accommodate

built

descend

drop

get off

go down

nothing

do away with

matter

expiry

use

turn out

bring to completion

fill out

expiration

finish drawing

graduate

be through

have done

be smooth

wear out

after

put

submit

make

stand up

stand still

cum

shut down

block off

cut short

drive

ram down

suspend

adjourn

break short

fineness

get-up

remove

cloth

slay

go around

cancel

pass time

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɪnɪʃ/

Etymology

From Middle English finishen, finisshen, finischen, from Old French finiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of finir, from Latin fīnīre, present active infinitive of fīniō, from fīnis (“end, limit, border, boundary”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”) or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).