finishes

fin-ish-es · noun/verb

imported

Definitions

noun/verb

  1. 1.

    The final coats or treatments applied to a surface.

  2. 2.

    Completes or brings to an end.

  3. 3.

    The manner or quality of completion.

  4. 4.

    Consumes the remaining amount of something.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    photo finish — a close race decided by examining a photograph
  • •
    in the finishes — in the final stages

Related words

Antonyms: beginnings, starts
See also: finish, finished, finishing
Synonyms: completes, endings, surfaces

Etymology

From Old French finiss-, extended stem of finir ("to finish"), from Latin fīnīre ("to end"), from fīnis ("end, limit").