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| Sounds | fih'nihsh |
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| Rhymes | abolish, accomplish, admonish, and 156 more rhymes in ihsh... |
| Meaning | A decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance). |
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| 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" |
| Synonyms | coating, finishing |
| Broader | decorativeness |
| Narrower | glaze; shoeshine |
| Verbs | finish |
| Meaning | Designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race). |
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| Examples | "excitement grew as the finish neared"; "my horse was several lengths behind at the finish"; "the winner is the team with the most points at the finish" |
| Broader | happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event |
| Narrower | draw, standoff, tie; photo finish; second-place finish, runner-up finish; third-place finish |
| Meaning | The act of finishing. |
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| Examples | "his best finish in a major tournament was third"; "the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause" |
| Synonyms | finishing |
| Contrary | beginning, start, commencement |
| Broader | completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop up |
| Narrower | finale, close, closing curtain, finis |
| Verbs | finish; finish |
| Meaning | The place designated as the end (as of a race or journey). |
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| Examples | "a crowd assembled at the finish" |
| Synonyms | destination, goal |
| Broader | end |
| Narrower | finishing line, finish line |
| Meaning | The temporal end. The concluding time. |
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| Examples | "the market was up at the finish" |
| Synonyms | stopping point, finale, finis, last, conclusion, close |
| Broader | end, ending |
| Verbs | finish; finish; finish |
| Meaning | (wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed). |
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| Examples | "the wine has a nutty flavor and a pleasant finish" |
| Category | tasting |
| Broader | taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception |
| Meaning | Event whose occurrence ends something. |
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| Examples | "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show" |
| Synonyms | ending, conclusion |
| Contrary | beginning |
| Broader | happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event |
| Narrower | end, last, final stage; result, resultant, final result, outcome, termination; foregone conclusion, matter of course; destruction, demolition, wipeout; omega, Z; stop, halt; victory, triumph; defeat, licking |
| Verbs | finish; finish; finish |
| Meaning | The downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict). |
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| Examples | "booze will be the finish of him"; "it was a fight to the finish" |
| Broader | downfall, ruin, ruination |
| Meaning | A highly developed state of perfection. Having a flawless or impeccable quality. |
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| Examples | "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad |
| Synonyms | polish, refinement, culture, cultivation |
| Broader | perfection, flawlessness, ne plus ultra |
| Meaning | Come or bring to a finish or an end. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s VERB-ing |
| Model | They finish moving |
| Examples | "He finished the dishes"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours" |
| Synonyms | complete |
| Broader | end, terminate |
| Narrower | close; top, top off; get through, wrap up, finish off, mop up, polish off, clear up, finish up; see through; round out, finish out; follow through, follow up, follow out, carry out, implement, put through, go through; carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfil |
| Nouns | finish; finisher; finish; finish, finishing |
| Meaning | Finally be or do something. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s VERB-ing |
| Synonyms | finish up, land up, fetch up, end up, wind up |
| Broader | act, move |
| Meaning | Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense. Either spatial or metaphorical. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
| Synonyms | end, stop, terminate, cease |
| Contrary | begin, start |
| Caused by | end, terminate |
| Narrower | pass away; lapse; cut out; go out; adjourn, recess, break up; vanish, disappear; culminate, climax; run out; run low, run short, go; vanish, disappear, go away; conclude, close; turn out, come out; discontinue; break |
| Nouns | finish; finish; finish |
| Meaning | Provide with a finish. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "The carpenter finished the table beautifully" |
| Broader | coat, surface |
| Narrower | dress; broom |
| Nouns | finish, finishing; finisher; finisher |
| Meaning | Finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Model | They finish more bread |
| Synonyms | eat up, polish off |
| Broader | eat |
| Narrower | tuck in, tuck away, put away |
| Meaning | Cause to finish a relationship with somebody. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody |
| Examples | "That finished me with Mary" |
| Broader | end, terminate |
| Nouns | finish; finish |
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