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Definition: Finish Off |
Finish OffVerb1. Finish a task completely; "I finally got through this homework assignment". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Finish OffSynonyms: clear up (v), finish up (v), get through (v), mop up (v), polish off (v), wrap up (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Completion | Despatch, dispatch; knock off, finish off, polish off; make short work of; dispose of, set at rest; perform, discharge, fulfill, realize; put in practice, put in force; carry out, carry into effect, carry into execution; make good; be as good as one's word. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Finish Off |
| English words defined with "finish off": To point a rope. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "finish off": Marks in Grammar and Printing. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Steel mill equipment. Small parts and large ones--automatic machine tools and the old grind stone, somewhat modernised--all find a part in our war production program. These workers finish off one of the many parts that go to make up the equipment that hel. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "finish off"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | vras (assassinate, bag, bruise, bump off, damage, despatch, dispatch, do away with, drop, finish, get, hurt, injure, kill, Lynch, make away with oneself, murder, poniard, put the sword, puzzle, shoot, slay, stab, stone to death, waste, zap), përfundoj (accomplish, bring closer, button up, clinch, close, come out, complete, conclude, determine, do, end, finalize, finish, fulfil, fulfill, lapse, perfect, push through, put through, reason, result, terminate, touch up, transact, wear), asgjësoj (annihilate, decimate, destroy, devour, disannul, eliminate, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, fast, finish, frustrate, liquidate, overturn, rub out, scathe, shake down, slate, smite, stultify, trample down, unbuild, undo, unmake, uproot). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | омахвам (kill). (various references) | |
Czech | dorazit (arrive, reach), dokonèit (accomplish, bring to an end, button up, complete, finalize, finish, get through, go through, perfect, push through), dohotovit (complete, finish). (various references) | |
Dutch | volbrengen (accomplish, achieve, finish), klaarkomen met (finish), beëindigen (accomodate, end, finish, terminate), afwerken (finish, work out). (various references) | |
Esperanto | finfari (finish). (various references) | |
French | achever (finish). (various references) | |
German | fertig machen (wear down), schluss machen (pack in, sign off), erledigen (accomodate, attend, carry out, crank through, deal with, dispatch, do in, end, finish, get through with, handle, knock out, process, release, ruin, see to, settle, shatter, take care of, terminate, to attend, to deal with, to dispose, to finish, to see to, to take care of, wear out), den rest geben, austrinken (drink up, empty, to drink up), aufhören (break off, cease, close, desist, discontinue, end, finish, give over, lay off, leave off, quit, stop, termination, to break off, to cease, to stop), aufessen (eat up, to eat up). (various references) | |
Hungarian | végigvisz (finish, to take over). (various references) | |
Indonesian | menghabisi (end, spend, wipe out). (various references) | |
Italian | spicciare (hurry up), smaltire (digest, dispose of, drain, sell off, swallow, take off, walk off), sbrigare (be quick, despatch, dispatch, get through, hurry up, polish off), rifinire (finish). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 遣っつける (to attack, to beat, to do away with, to finish off), 遣っ付ける (to attack, to beat, to do away with, to finish off). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | やっつける (to attack, to beat, to do away with, to finish off). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | inishfay offay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | terminar (accomodate, close, come to an end, cut off, discontinue, end, end up, expire, finish, get through, nail down, pull the plug, squelch, stop, terminate), destruir (blast, butcher, consume, defeat, demolish, depredate, destroy, devour, dilapidate, douse, eat, end, explode, extinguish, havoc, impair, kill, mine, obliterate, override, overwhelm, poison, puncture, quash, quench, rase, ravage, raze, reave, reive, ruin, sabotage, shatter, slay, subvert, tear down, undo, unmake, wipe out, wrack, wreck), completar (accomplish, cap, complement, complete, fill, fill in, fill up, fulfil, fulfill, implement, integrate, piece, round, supplement). (various references) | |
Russian | завершать (bring to a close, bring to a conclusion, carry out, complete, completes, consummate, crown, finalize, finish, perfect, terminate, wrap up), покончить (be through with, do aware, do away, put the kibosh on). (various references) | |
Spanish | terminar (accomodate, break, break off, call it a day, close up, come, complete, conclude, discontinue, dispose of, end, end up, expire, finish, follow up, go out, leave off, let up, sign off, stay, stop, terminate, throw over). (various references) | |
Swedish | vara färdig (finish up), upphöra (cease, come to an end, desist, end, expire, finish up, give up, go, lapse, pass, pass over, stop), tillintetgöra (annihilate, crush, destroy, exterminate, extinguish, finish up), ta död på (finish up, kill, scotch), sluta (be through with, cease, close, come to an end, conclude, discontinue, drop it, drop out, end, end up, expire, finish, finish up, fold up, give over, leave off, let up, quit, re-energise, re-energize, sag, stop, stop it, terminate, turn out), göra slut på (cut off, demolish, destroy, end, finish up, put the lid on, use up, wear out), avsluta (balance, close, conclude, end, finalize, finish, terminate, transact). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | убивати (deaden, homicide, kill, murder, pick off, put to death, slay, thug), завершувати (accomplish, cap, carry out, close, conclude, consummate, fulfil, integrate, perfect, round, ultimate, wind up). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | confecta, confectaeque, confectum, confectus, confici, conficiat, conficiente, conficiet. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-f-f-h-i-i-n-o-s" | |
-2 letters: finfish. | |
-3 letters: finish, offish. | |
-4 letters: finis, finos, fohns, foins, infos, sniff. | |
-5 letters: fino, fins, fish, fohn, foin, fons, hins, hisn, hons, info, ions, nisi, nosh, offs, shin, sinh. | |
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