finishing

Speech parts

1. finishing - Noun

2. finishing - Adjective

3. finishing - Verb

Meaning

of Finish

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

Tending to complete or to render fit for the market or for use.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

finish coating crown end last final close complete treatment coat consummation stop finished ending conclusion

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Antonyms

sufi first year according beginning start

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Hypernyms

completion closing culmination windup mop up decorativeness

Hyponyms

finis close finale glaze shoeshine closing curtain

Phrases with the word

finishing touch finishing time finishing touches finishing first finishing off finishing point

Examples

Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it. Truman Capote

Peace is not the product of a victory or a command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement. Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions. Oscar Hammerstein II

Life is a Sisyphean race, run ever faster towards a finishing line that is merely the start of the next race. Matt Ridley

I just get focused on whatever is in front of me. When I was filming Crossroads, it had all my focus. Now I'm all focused on finishing my recording so I can get that out. It's just day by day. Taryn Manning

Finishing races is important, but racing is more important. Dale Earnhardt

A mouse will put the finishing stroke to a castle wall. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

finished with finishedness finisher finishing blow finishing coat finishing date