What is the meaning of FINISH. Phrases containing FINISH
See meanings and uses of FINISH!Slangs & AI meanings
Given over, finished.
Photo finish is London Cockney rhyming slang for the beer Guinness.
 Having a particular texture or appearance when the polish is dry. Example: “This polish has a glossy finish.â€
Stone finish is Australian slang for an intolerable situation or place.
to wind up or finish
Applied to anything quite perfect, finished, with the latest improvements.
Job and finish is British slang for work without scheduled hours in which the employee leaves when the job is finished.
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imp. & p. p.
of Finish
n.
The hard, lemon-colored, fragrant wood of an East Indian tree (Chloroxylon Swietenia). It takes a lustrous finish, and is used in cabinetwork. The name is also given to the wood of a species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum Caribaeum) growing in Florida and the West Indies.
n.
A drinking glass, without a foot or stem; -- so called because originally it had a pointed or convex base, and could not be set down with any liquor in it, thus compelling the drinker to finish his measure.
n.
See Finishing coat, under Finishing.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Finish
v. t.
To work roughly, or shape without finishing, as stone before leaving the quarry.
a.
Polished to the highest degree of excellence; complete; perfect; as, a finished poem; a finished education.
superl.
Not finished or complete; inelegant; lacking chasteness or elegance; not in good taste; unsatisfactory in mode of treatment; -- said of literature, language, style, and the like.
a.
Not finished, not brought to an end; imperfect; incomplete; left in the rough; wanting the last hand or touch; as, an unfinished house; an unfinished picture; an unfinished iron casting.
n.
The joiner work and other finer work required for the completion of a building, especially of the interior. See Inside finish, and Outside finish.
a.
Not finished; not concluded.
n.
That which finishes, puts an end to/ or perfects.
n.
The result of completed labor, as on the surface of an object; manner or style of finishing; as, a rough, dead, or glossy finish given to cloth, stone, metal, etc.
n.
Something that gives the finishing touch to, or settles, anything.
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One who finishes, puts an end to, completes, or perfects; esp. used in the trades, as in hatting, weaving, etc., for the workman who gives a finishing touch to the work, or any part of it, and brings it to perfection.
v. t.
To overlay or plate with a thin layer of wood or other material for outer finish or decoration; as, to veneer a piece of furniture with mahogany. Used also figuratively.
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Finished with great care; polished.
superl.
Unformed by taste or skill; not nicely finished; not smoothed or polished; -- said especially of material things; as, rude workmanship.
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Finished without a nap.
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