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finish(2) (iou)



finish verb. ME.
[Old French feniss- (mod. finiss-) lengthened stem of fenir (mod. finir) from Latin finire, from finis end: see -ISH2.]
I. verb trans.
Bring to an end, come to the end of, go through the last stage of, (a thing, doing). ME.
Scott Fitzgerald When Jordan Baker had finished telling all this. E. Waugh The colonel finished the last war as a brigadier.
b. Foll. by off: provide with an ending. M19.
Bring to completion; make or do completely; complete. Also foll. by off. LME.
S. Bellow He was still finishing his work well within the deadlines.
Perfect finally or in detail, put the final and completing touches to, (also foll. by off, up); complete or perfect the education of (a person, esp. a girl), the fattening of (cattle etc.), the manufacture of (woodwork, cloth, etc.) by surface treatment. LME.
b. Make (into) by a final operation. E18-E19.
Deal with or dispose of the whole or the remainder of (an object); complete the consumption of (food, one's stock of something), the reading of (a book etc.). E16.
b. Kill, destroy; reduce to utter exhaustion or helplessness. Also foll. by off. Now chiefly colloq. E17.
V. Brittain Why couldn't a torpedo have finished me? R. Ingalls That just about finished the place for us.
II. verb intrans.
Come to an end, reach the end, (also foll. by up); cease, leave off; end in (a thing), by (doing), up (in a particular state or place, (by) doing. LME.
B. Franklin Partnerships often finish in quarrels. D. du Maurier Yawning a little as they waited for the sermon to finish. E. Bowen The girl finished up with a rush. Heritage Outlook This was unfortunately denied to us at the last moment so we finished up in the Public Library.
b. Die. LME-E17.
c. Sport. Come to the end of a course or race (in a particular condition or place). L19.
D. Francis Treetops broke down and finished last, limping.
Foll. by with: complete one's use of or association with. L18.
finishable adjective (earlier in UNFINISHABLE) M19.