Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - finish
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v. & n. --v. 1 tr. a (often foll. by off) bring to an end; come to the end of; complete. b (usu. foll. by off) colloq. kill; overcome completely. c (often foll. by off, up) consume or get through the whole or the remainder of (food or drink) (finish up your dinner). 2 intr. a come to an end, cease. b reach the end, esp. of a race. c = finish up. 3 tr. a complete the manufacture of (cloth, woodwork, etc.) by surface treatment. b put the final touches to; make perfect or highly accomplished (finished manners). c prepare (a girl) for entry into fashionable society. --n. 1 a the end, the last stage. b the point at which a race etc. ends. c the death of a fox in a hunt (be in at the finish). 2 a method, material, or texture used for surface treatment of wood, cloth, etc. (mahogany finish). 3 what serves to give completeness. 4 an accomplished or completed state. Phrases and idioms fight to a finish fight till one party is completely beaten. finishing-school a private college where girls are prepared for entry into fashionable society. finish off provide with an ending. finish up (often foll. by in, by) end in something, end by doing something (he finished up last in the race; the plan finished up in the waste-paper basket; finished up by apologizing). finish with have no more to do with, complete one's use of or association with. Etymology: ME f. OF fenir f. L finire f. finis end
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English finisshen, from Anglo-French finiss-, stem of finir, from Latin finire, from finis Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to come to an end ; terminate, end 1b, 2. to come to the end of a course, task, or undertaking, to end relations, to end a competition in a specified manner or position , transitive verb 1. to bring to an end ; terminate , to use or dispose of entirely , 2. to bring to completion or issue , to provide with a ~, 3. to defeat or ruin utterly and finally , to bring about the death of, see: close ~er noun II. noun Date: 1779 something that completes or perfects: as, the fine or decorative work required for a building or one of its parts, a ~ing material used in painting, the final treatment or coating of a surface, the taste in the mouth after swallowing a beverage (as wine), 2. final stage ; end, the cause of one's ruin, the result or product of a ~ing process , the quality or state of being perfected ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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