finish

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of finishing

   My best finish in a major tournament was third.

2. 2
   noun

   a decorative texture or appearance of a surface, or the substance that gives it that appearance

   The boat had a metallic finish.

3. 3
   noun

   (wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed)

   the wine has a nutty flavor and a pleasant finish

4. 4
   noun

   the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict)

   booze will be the finish of him

5. 5
   noun

   designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race)

   excitement grew as the finish neared

6. 6
   noun

   the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)

   a crowd assembled at the finish

7. 7
   verb

   cause to finish a relationship with somebody

   That finished me with Mary

8. 8
   verb

   come or bring to a finish or an end

   I finished the dishes.

Etymology

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”).