finish

Meanings

Noun

• An end; the end of anything.
• A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces.
• The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth.
• A finishing touch; careful elaboration; polish.
• A shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal.

Verb

• To complete (something).
• To apply a treatment to .
• To change an animal's food supply in the months before it is due for slaughter, with the intention of fattening the animal.
• To come to an end.
• To put an end to; to destroy.
• To reach orgasm.

Related

Opposite words

• initiate, begin, start

Origin

• 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.