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finish

noun
  1. the act of finishing
    “My best finish in a major tournament was third.”
    finishing
  2. a decorative texture or appearance of a surface, or the substance that gives it that appearance
    “The boat had a metallic finish.”
    finishingcoating
  3. (wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed)
    “the wine has a nutty flavor and a pleasant finish”
  4. event whose occurrence ends something
    conclusion
  5. the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict)
    “booze will be the finish of him”
  6. designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race)
    “excitement grew as the finish neared”
  7. the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
    “a crowd assembled at the finish”
    goal
  8. a highly developed state of perfection
    culturecultivationrefinementpolish
  9. the temporal end
    conclusion
verb
  1. cause to finish a relationship with somebody
    “That finished me with Mary”
  2. finally be or do something
    finish upland upfetch upend upwind up
  3. come or bring to a finish or an end
    “I finished the dishes.”
    complete
  4. finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
    polish offeat up
  5. provide with a finish
    “The carpenter finished the table beautifully”
  6. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense
    endstopceaseterminate