Word Direct Answers

What does "finish" mean?

Finish: To bestow the last required labor upon; to complete; to bestow the utmost possible labor upon; to perfect; to accomplish; to polish.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To come to an end; to terminate. His days may finish ere that hapless time. Shak.
  2. 3.To end; to die. [R.] Shak.
  3. 4.That which finishes, puts an end to 2. (Arch.) The joiner work and other finer work required for the completion of a building, especially of the interior. See Inside finish, and Outside finish.
  4. 5.(Fine Arts) (a) The labor required to give final completion to any work; hence, minute detail, careful elaboration, or the like. (b) See Finishing coat, under Finishing.
  5. 6.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.
  6. 7.Completion; -- opposed to Ant: start, or Ant: beginning.

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