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Finishing

verb
/ˈfɪnɪʃɪŋ/
Word Frequency: 5.6

Definitions

1.verbTo complete (something).
"Be sure to finish your homework before you go to bed!"
2.verbTo apply a treatment to (a surface or similar).
"The furniture was finished in teak veneer."
3.verbTo change an animal's food supply in the months before it is due for slaughter, with the intention of fattening the animal.
"Due to BSE, cows in the United Kingdom must be finished and slaughtered before 30 months of age."
4.verbTo come to an end.
"We had to leave before the concert had finished."
5.verbTo put an end to; to destroy.
"These rumours could finish your career."
6.nounThe act of completing something.
7.nounShooting ability.
"That guy's a slow and lazy player, but he's got excellent finishing"
8.nounThe final work upon or ornamentation of a thing; finish.

Synonyms

coatingcompletefinalizeconcludingfollow-throughcompletionarrivalendlastendingterminatinglatest

Antonyms

begininitiatestart

Rhymes With

diminishingphotofinishingrefinishing
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