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finish meaning

EN[ˈfɪnɪʃ]
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WFinish
  • Finish refer to:
  • Finishing in the distillation of Scotch
  • Finished good,
  • Surface finishing, various industrial processes for modifying a workpiece's surface
  • Mechanical finish, processes that modify a surface using mechanical means
  • NounPLfinishesSUF-ish
    1. an end: the end of anything.
      1. a protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces.
        1. The car's finish was so shiny and new. ‎
      2. the result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth.
        1. (sports) a shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal.
          1. The Italian opted for Bolton's Cahill alongside captain John Terry - and his decision was rewarded with a goal after only 13 minutes. Bulgaria gave a hint of defensive frailties to come when they failed to clear Young's corner, and when Gareth Barry found Cahill in the box he applied the finish past Nikolay Mihaylov.
      3. VerbSGfinishesPRfinishingPT, PPfinished
        1. (transitive) to complete (something).
          1. Please finish your homework! ‎
        2. (transitive) to apply a treatment to (a surface or similar).
          1. The furniture was finished in teak veneer. ‎
        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.
          1. Due to BSE, cows in the United Kingdom must be finished and slaughtered before 30 months of age. ‎
        4. (intransitive) to come to an end.
          1. The song has finished. ‎
      4. More Examples
        1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
          • The continuing evolution in implant design has led to changes in morphology, materials, surface finishing and tribologic coupling.
          • He would start with a stenciled acrylic underpainting and finish by making marks with the chalk and charcoal shells.
          • By the time we finished lawyering up the agreement, we didn't want to sign it.
        2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
          • And the Premier League's all-time top-goalscoring midfielder proved he has not lost the knack of being in the right place at the right time with a trio of clinical finishes.
          • I've been banging away at the essay for ages, but it still isn't finished.
          • Let's put our differences aside for the moment, and get this project finished.

      Meaning of finish for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this word "finish" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.
      • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
        1. Nouns
          • Countable nouns
          • Verbs
            • Intransitive verbs
              • Transitive verbs
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