Finishing can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| finish - provide with a finish; "The carpenter finished the table beautifully"; "this shirt is not finished properly" | ||
| finish - cause to finish a relationship with somebody; "That finished me with Mary" | ||
| finish - 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" | ||
| 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" | ||
| finish - finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table; "She polished off the remaining potatoes" | ||
| finish - finally be or do something; "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again" | ||
Noun |
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| finishing - the act of finishing; "his best finish in a major tournament was third"; "the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause" | ||
| 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" |
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| 1. | noun | The speaker's finishing was greeted with applause. | |
| 2. | noun | His best finish in a major tournament was third. | |
| 3. | noun | Excitement grew as the finish neared. | |
| 4. | noun | My horse was several lengths behind at the finish. | |
| 5. | noun | The winner is the team with the most points at the finish. | |
| 6. | noun | A crowd assembled at the finish. | |
| 7. | noun | The wine has a nutty flavor and a pleasant finish. | |
| 8. | noun | Booze will be the finish of him. | |
| 9. | noun | It was a fight to the finish. | |
| 10. | noun | When these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show. | |
| 11. | noun | The market was up at the finish. | |
| 12. | noun | The boat had a metallic finish. | |
| 13. | noun | He applied a coat of a clear finish. | |
| 14. | noun | When the finish is too thin it is difficult to apply evenly. | |
| 15. | noun | Almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art. | |
| 16. | verb | And now they are finishing a road between Fujairah and Dubai in 45 minutes only! | |
| 17. | verb | Finishing the job by Tuesday will be a piece of cake. | |
| 18. | verb | The rain prevented us from finishing our game of tennis. | |
| 19. | verb | The end of which there were two little sketches of rhetoric and logic, the latter finishing with a specimen of a dispute in the Socratic method. | |
| 20. | verb | Finishing the report by tomorrow is next to impossible. | |
| 21. | verb | On finishing this report, I will rest. | |
| 22. | verb | I'm finishing my homework. | |
| 23. | verb | I had the satisfaction of finishing the work. | |
| 24. | verb | I think I will go to London after finishing high school. | |
| 25. | verb | After finishing his examinations, my brother is enjoying skiing to his heart's content. | |
| 26. | verb | On finishing university, I started working right away. | |
| 27. | verb | Finishing lunch, he played tennis. | |
| 28. | verb | He worked hard, finishing the report in one week. | |
| 29. | verb | She began writing a report at eight, finishing it at twelve. | |
| 30. | verb | Why don't you take your time in finishing your paper? |
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| noun | |
| The speaker's finishing was greeted with applause. |
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| His best finish in a major tournament was third. |
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| Excitement grew as the finish neared. |
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| My horse was several lengths behind at the finish. |
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| The winner is the team with the most points at the finish. |
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| A crowd assembled at the finish. |
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| The wine has a nutty flavor and a pleasant finish. |
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| Booze will be the finish of him. |
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| It was a fight to the finish. |
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| When these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show. |
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| The market was up at the finish. |
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| The boat had a metallic finish. |
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| He applied a coat of a clear finish. |
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| When the finish is too thin it is difficult to apply evenly. |
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| Almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art. |
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| verb | |
| And now they are finishing a road between Fujairah and Dubai in 45 minutes only! |
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| Finishing the job by Tuesday will be a piece of cake. | |
| The rain prevented us from finishing our game of tennis. | |
| The end of which there were two little sketches of rhetoric and logic, the latter finishing with a specimen of a dispute in the Socratic method. | |
| Finishing the report by tomorrow is next to impossible. | |
| On finishing this report, I will rest. | |
| I'm finishing my homework. | |
| I had the satisfaction of finishing the work. | |
| I think I will go to London after finishing high school. | |
| After finishing his examinations, my brother is enjoying skiing to his heart's content. | |
| On finishing university, I started working right away. | |
| Finishing lunch, he played tennis. | |
| He worked hard, finishing the report in one week. | |
| She began writing a report at eight, finishing it at twelve. | |
| Why don't you take your time in finishing your paper? | |