Definitions for the word "finish" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. v. t.
To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To bestow the last required labor upon; to complete; to bestow the utmost possible labor upon; to perfect; to accomplish; to polish.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. i.
To come to an end; to terminate.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. i.
To end; to die.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
That which finishes, puts an end to/ or perfects.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
The labor required to give final completion to any work; hence, minute detail, careful elaboration, or the like.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
See Finishing coat, under Finishing.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
Completion; -- opposed to start, or beginning.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v.
1 a (often foll. By off) bring or come to an end or the end of; complete; cease. B (usu. Foll. By off) colloq. Kill; vanquish. C (often foll. By off, up) consume or complete consuming (food or drink). 2 treat the surface of (cloth, woodwork, etc.). n. 1 a end, last stage, completion. B point at which a race etc. Ends. 2 method, material, etc. Used for surface treatment of wood, cloth, etc. (mahogany finish). finish up (often foll. By in, by) end (finished up by crying). Finish with have no more to do with, complete using etc. [latin finis end]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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