Definitions for finishes

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finishes fin·ish

Spelling: [fin-ish]

IPA: /ˈfɪn ɪʃ/

Finishes is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 111 anagrams from letters in finishes (efhiinss).

Definitions for finishes

noun

1. the end or conclusion; the final part or last stage.
2. the end of a hunt, race, etc.:
3. a decisive ending:
4. the quality of being finished or completed with smoothness, elegance, etc.:
5. educational or social polish.
6. the manner in which an object is perfected or finished in its preparation, or an effect imparted in finishing.
7. the surface coating or texture of wood, metal, etc.
8. something used or serving to finish, complete, or perfect a thing.
9. woodwork or the like, especially in the interior of a building, not essential to the structure but used for purposes of ornament, neatness, etc.:
10. Also called finish coat, finishing coat. a final coat of plaster or paint.
11. a material for application in finishing.
12. Animal Husbandry. the fat tissue of livestock.
13. the flavor remaining in the mouth after a wine has been swallowed.

Verb phrases

1. finish with, to bring to completion: to put aside, break all relations with, or reject finally:

verb (used with object)

1. to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete:
2. to come to the end of (a course, period of time, etc.):
3. to use completely (often followed by up or off):
4. to overcome completely; destroy or kill (often followed by off):
5. to complete and perfect in detail; put the final touches on (sometimes followed by up):
6. to put a finish on (wood, metal, etc.):
7. to perfect (a person) in education, accomplishments, social graces, etc.
8. to ready (livestock) for market by feeding a diet calculated to produce the desired weight.

verb (used without object)

1. to come to an end:
2. to complete a course, project, etc. (sometimes followed by up):
3. (of livestock) to become fattened for market.

Origin of finishes

1300-50; Middle English finisshen Anglo-French, Middle French finiss-, long stem of finir Latin fīnīre to end. See fine¹

Examples for finishes

Something in her heart or her throat prevented Hester from finishing the sentence.

Ryan Coogler first pitched me the idea when we were just finishing Fruitvale Station.

When she re-entered he sat as if he were only finishing the glass she had left him with.

The wine coming at the moment prevented his finishing the sentence.

In the hurry of finishing, some of the woodwork had but one coat of paint.

After finishing breakfast, we pile back into the truck and head toward the checkpoint.

And it seemed to Eve as if this crime gave a finishing touch to her own misfortune.

And much of the credit to her transformation is owed to a finishing school that caters to women just like her.

We filmed Joan over a 14-month period, beginning on her 75th birthday and finishing this past summer 2009.

We were finishing steaks at a motel dining room, washing them down with beer, when the waitress could stand it no longer.