· a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance); "the boat had a metallic finish"; "he applied a coat of a clear finish"; "when the finish is too thin it is difficult to apply evenly"

Synonym(s): coating, finish

Hypernym(s): decorativeness

· the act of finishing; "his best finish in a major tournament was third"; "the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause"

Synonym(s): finish

Hypernym(s): completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop_up

· come or bring to a finish or an end; "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours"

Synonym(s): complete

Hypernym(s): end, terminate

· finally be or do something; "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again"

Synonym(s): finish_up, land_up, fetch_up, end_up, wind_up

Hypernym(s): act, move

· have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"

Synonym(s): end, stop, terminate, cease

· provide with a finish; "The carpenter finished the table beautifully"; "this shirt is not finished properly"

Hypernym(s): coat, surface

· finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table; "She polished off the remaining potatoes"

Synonym(s): eat_up, polish_off

Hypernym(s): eat

· cause to finish a relationship with somebody; "That finished me with Mary"

Hypernym(s): end, terminate