finish

n 1: a decorative texture or appearance of a surface; "the boat

had a metallic finish" [syn: {coating}, {finishing}]

2: the concluding time; "he awaited the grand finale"; "he

stayed until the finish"; "he left before the conclusion"

[syn: {stopping point}, {finale}, {finis}, {last}, {terminus},

{conclusion}, {close}]

3: the ending of a contest (as a race); "it was an exciting

finish"; "I didn't stay for the close of the tournament"

[syn: {close}]

4: the absolute defeat and death of persons on one side of a

conflict; "it was a fight to the finish"; "he will be the

finish of me"

5: the act of finishing; "the speaker's finish was greeted with

applause" [syn: {finishing}] [ant: {beginning}]

v 1: come or bring to a finish or an end; "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"

[syn: {complete}]

2: finally be or do something, as in "He ended up marrying his

high school sweetheart" [syn: {end up}, {wind up}]

3: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense:

"My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a

pianissimo" [syn: {end}, {terminate}, {cease}] [ant: {begin}]

4: provide with a finish, as of furniture, for example

5: finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table;

"She polished off the remaining potatoes" [syn: {eat up},

{polish off}]

6: cause to finish a relationship with somebody; "That finished

me with Mary"