finish in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
finish in Hindi हिन्दी
finish in Marathi मराठी
finish in Sindhi سنڌي
finish in Tamil தமிழ்
finish in English
- finish⇄expr. finish off,
a. to complete.
Ex. Plutarch finishes off the story in his usual manner (Henry N. Coleridge).
b. to overcome completely; defeat, destroy, or kill.
Ex. He then won the championship by knocking out Jersey Joe Wol - finish⇄expr. finish up,
a. to complete.
Ex. to finish up a job.
b. to use up completely.
Ex. I've finished up all the paint. - finish⇄expr. finish with,
a. to complete.
Ex. to finish with one's work.
b. to stop being friends with; have nothing further to do with.
Ex. to finish with a person. - finish⇄expr. in at the finish, present at the end.
Ex. The old squire was determined to be in at the finish (W. Stephens Hayward). - finish⇄finish, verb, noun.
- finish⇄noun finisher.
- finish⇄noun 1. the conclusion; end; close.
Ex. the finish of a day, to fight to a finish. The fit and worthy finish of such a life (Robert Southey).
2. the way in which a surface is prepared.
Ex. a smooth finish on furniture.
3. polish - finish⇄v.i. 1. to come to an end.
Ex. There was so little wind that the sailing race didn't finish until after dark.
2. (Obsolete.) to die.
Ex. Who with wet cheeks were present when she finished (Shakespeare). - finish⇄v.t. 1. to bring (action, speech, work, affairs, or any other enterprise) to an end; reach the end of; complete; end.
Ex. to finish one's dinner, to finish sewing a dress. He started the race but did not finish it.
2. to use up completely.