Meaning of finish | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To complete (something).
   transitive
2. To apply a treatment to (a surface or similar).
   transitive
3. To stop interacting with (someone), especially to stop subjecting (someone) to something.
4. To change an animal's food supply in the months before it is due for slaughter, with the intention of fattening the animal.
   transitive
5. To stop (doing an activity or task) after reaching the point at which there is nothing left to do: finished cleaning the room.
6. To come to an end.
   intransitive
7. To arrive at or attain the end of: finish a race.
8. To consume all of; use up: finish a pie; finished off the pizza.
9. To put an end to; to destroy.
   transitive
10. To give (wood, for example) a desired or particular surface texture.
11. To reach orgasm.
    intransitive
12. To destroy; kill: finished the injured horse with a bullet.
13. To bring about the ruin of: The stock market crash finished many speculators.
14. To come to an end; stop: a story that finishes with a twist.
15. To reach the end of a task, course, or relationship: The speaker finished with a rousing call to action.
16. Sports To score a goal as the last maneuver in a play: a good forward who just can't seem to finish.
    Sports

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Examples

“Be sure to finish your homework before you go to bed!”

“Why doesn't Italy finish their buildings”

“The furniture was finished in teak veneer.”

“Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold.”

“Seats are trimmed in a grey and blue moquette and tables are finished with grey Vyanide tops, gilt edging and ebony legs.”

“Due to BSE, cows in the United Kingdom must be finished and slaughtered before 30 months of age.”

“We had to leave before the concert had finished.”

“These rumours could finish your career.”

“Fucked my cousin in her asshole Before I finish on her tits”

“"Understand the anxiety around sex and what beliefs are triggering it," says Van Kirk."Are you worried you aren't good in bed? That you'll come off as selfish? That pleasuring you will take too long? Reframe that anxiety. Your excitement needs to be louder than any anxiety" to finish.”

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