1. (

• coating ,
• finish ,
• finishing

) a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance); "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. (

• finish ,
• finishing

) the act of finishing; "his best finish in a major tournament was third"; "the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause" ;

1. (

• complete ,
• finish ,

) come or bring to a finish or an end; "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. (

• finish_up ,
• land_up ,
• fetch_up ,
• end_up ,
• wind_up ,
• finish ,

) finally be or do something; "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again" ;

3. (

• end ,
• stop ,
• finish ,
• terminate ,
• cease ,

) have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "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. (

• finish

) provide with a finish; "The carpenter finished the table beautifully"; "this shirt is not finished properly" ;

5. (

• eat_up ,
• finish ,
• polish_off

) finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table; "She polished off the remaining potatoes" ;

6. (

• finish ,

) cause to finish a relationship with somebody; "That finished me with Mary" ;