finish
/ˈfɪnɪʃ/ noun A1- An end; the end of anything.
- A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces. · The car's finish was so shiny and new.
- The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth.
- A finishing touch; careful elaboration; polish.
- A shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal.
- The ending of a match and its structure.
- The stoppage or conclusion of a bout before the scheduled rounds expire, resulting in an immediate victory via knockout (KO), technical knockout (TKO), or submission.
Plural finishes
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Delia Caruthers did things in six octaves so promisingly in a pine-tree village in the South that her relatives chipped in enough in her chip hat for her to go “North” and “finish.” They could not see her f—, but that is our story.
“I tore up several of my shirts, and ripped out the seams in the sheets of my bed, during my three years’ imprisonment at Fenestrelle; and when I was removed to the Château d’If, I managed to bring the ravellings with me, so that I have been able to finish my work here.”
“I’d rather finish my tea,” said the Hatter, with an anxious look at the Queen, who was reading the list of singers.
sh!” and the Dormouse sulkily remarked, “If you can’t be civil, you’d better finish the story for yourself.”
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