n.
1.a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)
2.designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race)
3.the act of finishing
4.the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
5.the temporal end
6.(wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed)
7.event whose occurrence ends something
8.the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict)
9.a highly developed state of perfection finish v.
1.come or bring to a finish or an end
2.finally be or do something
3.have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense
4.provide with a finish
5.finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
6.cause to finish a relationship with somebody
Idiom of the Day
a race against time
a rush to beat a deadline
It was a race against time to rescue the miners who were trapped in the mine.
