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Finishing   /fˈɪnɪʃɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Finish  v. t.  (past & past part. finished; pres. part. finishing)  
1.
To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate. "And heroically hath finished A life heroic."
2.
To bestow the last required labor upon; to complete; to bestow the utmost possible labor upon; to perfect; to accomplish; to polish.
Synonyms: To end; terminate; close; conclude; complete; accomplish; perfect.


Finish  v. i.  
1.
To come to an end; to terminate. "His days may finish ere that hapless time."
2.
To end; to die. (R.)


adjective
Finishing  adj.  Tending to complete or to render fit for the market or for use.
Finishing coat.
(a)
(Plastering) the final coat of plastering applied to walls and ceilings, usually white and rubbed smooth.
(b)
(Painting) The final coat of paint, usually differently mixed applied from the others.
Finishing press, a machine for pressing fabrics.
Finishing rolls (Iron Working), the rolls of a train which receive the bar from roughing rolls, and reduce it to its finished shape.


noun
Finishing  n.  The act or process of completing or perfecting; the final work upon or ornamentation of a thing.





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"Finishing" Quotes from Famous Books



... that is human, instead of being narrowed by selfish passions; and let the mind frequently contemplate subjects that exercise the understanding, without heating the imagination, and artless modesty will give the finishing touches to the picture. ...
— A Vindication of the Rights of Woman - Title: Vindication of the Rights of Women • Mary Wollstonecraft [Godwin]
... responded Mr. Fabian. "And everybody loved you. So that, at the end of five years' service, when my niece was to enter a finishing school, and you were to go to another situation, you took with you the best testimonials from my father and mother and from the minister of our parish. But you did not ...
— For Woman's Love • Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth
... country. The April dusk was settling upon the fields as they raced along; in the isolated houses, lights were beginning to twinkle; there was a swaying among the trees and roadside bush; the hum of the flying car must have been borne long distances; for far away people raised their heads from the finishing tasks of the day to look at ...
— Ashton-Kirk, Investigator • John T. McIntyre
... Dene smiled to herself as she put the finishing touches to the last vase, whilst Gladys Norman gathered up the litter of leaves and stalks that lay on the floor, throwing them into the fireplace. She then removed the last spots of water from ...
— Malcolm Sage, Detective • Herbert George Jenkins
... rows of single open crochet between the flowers already worked with white, attaching the thread to the second stitch of foundation in the 1st row, and finishing in the third chain in the opposite leaf. In the 2d row, fasten the thread to the third chain of second leaf, and finish at the opposite leaf.—3d row. Fasten on at the fifth chain of second ...
— The Lady's Album of Fancy Work for 1850 • Unknown


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