DICTOMETER

FINISHING

(finish, finishing, acabado, acabar, terminar, avslutte, finpuss, gjøre ende på, sluttstrøk, utførelse, utløpe, endt)

1. Synonyms:
   • Coating
   • Finish
   • Finishing
   Definitions:
   • a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)
   Examples:
   • The boat had a metallic finish
   • He applied a coat of a clear finish
   • When the finish is too thin it is difficult to apply evenly
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Finish
   • Finishing
   Definitions:
   • the act of finishing
   Examples:
   • His best finish in a major tournament was third
   • The speaker's finishing was greeted with applause
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Complete
   • Finish
   Definitions:
   • come or bring to a finish or an end
   Examples:
   • 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
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Finish up
   • Land up
   • Fetch up
   • End up
   • Wind up
   • Finish
   Definitions:
   • finally be or do something
   Examples:
   • He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart
   • He wound up being unemployed and living at home again
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • End
   • Stop
   • Finish
   • Terminate
   • Cease
   Definitions:
   • have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense
   • either spatial or metaphorical
   Examples:
   • The bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed
   • Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other
   • My property ends by the bushes
   • The symphony ends in a pianissimo
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Finish
   Definitions:
   • provide with a finish
   Examples:
   • The carpenter finished the table beautifully
   • This shirt is not finished properly
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Eat up
   • Finish
   • Polish off
   Definitions:
   • finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
   Examples:
   • She polished off the remaining potatoes
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Finish
   Definitions:
   • cause to finish a relationship with somebody
   Examples:
   • That finished me with Mary