Finishing

Definition: Finishing

Finishing

Noun

1. 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".

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "finishing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Building & Civil Engineering

Chemical Industry

Chemistry

Food & Agriculture

Industry

Mechanical Engineering

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Synonyms: Finishing

Completion

Noun: completion, accomplishment, achievement, fulfillment; performance, execution; despatch, dispatch; consummation, culmination; finish, conclusion; close; (end); terminus; (arrival); winding up; finale, denouement, catastrophe, issue, upshot, result; final touch, last touch, crowning touch, finishing touch, finishing stroke; last finish, coup de grace; crowning of the edifice; coping-stone, keystone; missing link; superstructure, ne plus ultra, work done, fait accompli.

Finish, bring to a close; (end); wind up, stamp, clinch, seal, set the seal on, put the seal; give the final touch;n. to; put the last, put the finishing hand to, put the finishing touches on; crown, crown all; cap.

Killing

Deathblow, finishing stroke, coup de grace, quietus; execution. (capital punishment); judicial murder; martyrdom.

Crosswords: Finishing

The finishing post's in sight (Brazil; writing credit: Terry Gilliam; Charles McKeown)

Don't let vengeance get in the way of finishing your mom's work (Birds of Prey; writing credit: Adam Armus; Nora Kay Foster)

Sorry I ever sent her to finishing school (To Catch a Thief; writing credit: David Dodge; John Michael Hayes)

I'm going down into the Hellmouth and I'm finishing this once and for all. Right now you're asking yourself what makes this different (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Finishing school (Queen of Swords; writing credit: Durnford King; James Thorpe)

The Finishing Touch (1972)

Finishing School (1934)

The Finishing Touch (1932)

Finishing School (1929)

The Finishing Touch (1928)

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References

• Daido-Maruta Finishing Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Nan-yang Dyeing & Finishing Co.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Cellulosic Pulp, Paper and Paperboard Production and Finishing Machinery in Oceana (reference)

• Finishing Building Materials in Thailand: A Strategic Entry Report, 1995 (reference)

• Textile Finishing Machinery in Germany: A Strategic Entry Report, 1996 (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Timber Frame-Home: Design, Construction, Finishing (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Finishing (reference)

• Finishing And Restoration (reference)

• Inside Finishing (reference)

• Plating & Surface Finishing (reference)

• Product Finishing Directory & Handbook (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Sanding and Finishing Hardwood Floors (reference)

• The Finishing Touch (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Finishing the Act : Act One Finales from Broadway (reference)

• Finishing the Act [CAST RECORDING] (reference)

• Finishing Touch (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Ultimate Edge 10-Inch Oval Ultra Fine Finishing Steel (reference)

• Delta 22-580K 13" Two-Speed Finishing Planer Includes Dust Hood a $24.99 Value (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Bridal shop workers putting finishing touches on bride as another family looks on, Xian, Peoples Republic of China. Credit: CDC.

Building crew after finishing the tower Party off the MARINDUQUE. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Ship is finishing deployment of purse seine net. Almost all of the net is now in the water and the ship will continue to encircle the school of tuna while the workboat (not shown) holds the other end of the net. Credit: Fisheries.

Members of the Air Force Space Command Defender Challenge team show their team spirit after finishing the 'Fitness Challenge' 0ct. 30 at the Defender Challenge Competition at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (P.; photo by Senior Airman Oshawn Jefferson)..

Finishing hogs on a farm in central Arkansas. Credit: Tim McCabe.

Caption: Back View of Finishing Building. Road to the Left Leads to the White House; Ogdensburg, NJ; 1895; {26.111/12} (jpg).

Molder puts the finishing touch to a sand mold, while the ship was providing tender services in May 1969, probably in Subic Bay, Philippines. Credit: NAVY.

Finishing room, Massachusetts Cotton Mills, division of Pepperell Manufacturing Co., Lindale, Ga. Credit: Library of Congress.

Tracey finishing in the Vanderbilt cup race, for racing cars sponsored by W.K. Vanderbilt, Jr.] / p. Credit: Library of Congress; photo by F. Ed. Spooner..

Interior of finishing shop, Detroit Ship Building Co. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Further, during the period above mentioned the German Government shall allow the free export from Germany, and the free re-importation into Germany, exempt from all customs duties and other charges (including internal charges), of yarns, tissues, and other textile materials or textile products of any kind and in any condition, sent from Germany into the territories of Alsace or Lorraine, to be subjected there to any finishing process, such as bleaching, dyeing, printing, mercerisation, gassing, twisting or dressing. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

At the moment of his entrance, the counsel for the prisoner was finishing his plea

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Business

In major cities, interior finishing represents a significant market potential for foreign building products. (references)

Leather chemicals include tanning agents, synthetic tanning agents, oiling agents, finishing agents, and auxiliaries. (references)

Regarding leather apparel, the number of finished leather goods �" still relatively small compared to exported unfinished hides �" is slowly growing with the introduction of modern finishing machinery. (references)

Children

Hungary

There are programs aimed at increasing these numbers (the Romaversitas program supports Romani students finishing degrees in institutions of higher education), and there are Departments of Roma Studies in the Teachers' Training College in Pecs and Zsambek. (references)

Economic History

Costa Rica

Costa Rica screens and monitors investments that qualify for the Free Trade Zone or Active Finishing regimes. (references)

Belgium

These include Level3, WorldCom, Colt, Versatel, and KPN. Belgacom is finishing its datacenter based in Mechelen. (references)

Human Rights

Chile

They are usually represented by someone from the Government's legal assistance corporation, often a law student finishing his/her studies and doing a mandatory internship. (references)

Political Economy

PORTUGAL

Copyright Protection: Portugal is finishing the process of adopting EU directives in the form of national legislation. (references)

HONDURAS

After nine years of negotiations, a free trade agreement between the members of the Northern CACM Triangle (Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador) and Mexico took effect on June 1, 2001. A free trade agreement with the Dominican Republic and an agreement strengthening trade relations with Colombia were approved by the Honduran National Congress in October 2001. Honduran trade officials are close to finishing negotiations with Chile. (references)

Trade

Guatemala

Now all cutting, sewing and finishing of textiles can be done in country. (references)

Argentina

Article 3: - Imported products that undergo a final process of assembly, finishing, etc. (references)

Bulgaria

For example, equipment for repairs, finishing, processing and testing may be imported temporarily duty-free. (references)

Travel

Peru

Dates are written starting with the day of the month, followed by the month and finishing with the year. (references)

Saudi Arabia

If you are invited to the home of a Saudi for a party or reception, a meal is normally served at the end of the evening, and guests will not linger long after finishing. (references)

Worker Rights

Honduras

An employer who legally hires a 15-year-old must certify that the child has finished, or is finishing, his compulsory schooling. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The Lord's finishing

Expressions using "finishing": a finishing stroke ♦ black finishing ♦ finishing coat ♦ finishing line ♦ Finishing press ♦ Finishing rolls ♦ finishing school ♦ finishing strokes ♦ finishing tooth ♦ finishing touch ♦ finishing touches ♦ finishing works ♦ integrated intelligent process control and inspection in robot finishing ♦ last or finishing ♦ put the finishing touches ♦ the finishing touches ♦ to put the finishing hand to. Additional references.

Beginning with "finishing": finishing-line, finishing-line camera, finishing-machine, finishing-off, finishing-post, finishing-reamer, finishing-school.

Ending with "finishing": brass-finishing, cloth-finishing, fast-finishing, fine-finishing, hand-finishing, matt-finishing, metal-finishing, strong-finishing.

Afrikaans

afwerking (finishing off). (various references)

Albanian

lustër (glaze, gloss, luster, lustre, polish, sheen, shine, varnish, whitewash). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فراغ (air, blank, completion, emptiness, free time, gap, idleness, inane, inanity, leisure, nothingness, space, spare time, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum, void), ‏اللمسات الأخيرة. (various references)

Bulgarian 

апретура (dressing, finish), последна обработка, дообработване. (various references)

Chinese 

精整. (various references)

Czech

dohotovení (completion, finish). (various references)

Danish

finpudsning, finishering, finishbehandling, faerdigbearbejdning, sletdrejning (finish turning), regulering (regulation), polering (glazing, grinding, lapping, polishing, sanding, sleeking, slicking, smoothing), overfladebehandling (minimum tillage, shallow tillape, subsurface tillage, surface cultivation, surface tillage, tillage, tilling), Komplettering (finishing stages), appreturmiddel (finishing and dressing material, finishing assistant, size, sizing, sizing agent), afretning (breasting, capping, jointing, stoning, topping), afpudsning, afpløjning (finished plowing). (various references)

Dutch

flikken (mend, patch, patch up), finishen, toestellen, afploegen (finished plowing), afrijen (grading, regulation, shaping), afwerken (finish, finish off, work out), afwerking (finishing off), appreteermiddel (finishing and dressing material, finishing assistant, prepared glazing, size, sizing, sizing agent), bijwerken (retouch), eindbewerking, nadraaien (finish turning), afbouw (coal-getting, finishing stages, winning), slotbewerking, versnijden en verpakken (sizing and packaging), naplukken (final plucking, stubbing), napolijsten, naslijpen, navonken, oppolijsten, passeren (ignore, leave out of account, overhaul, overtake, pass, pass by), polijsten (brightening, burnish, planish, polish, polishing, sleek, sleeking, slick, slicking), eindvoor maken (finished plowing). (various references)

Esperanto

fina prilaborado (finishing off). (various references)

Finnish

viimeistely (finishing touch, revision). (various references)

French

finition (finish), finissage (finish). (various references)

Frisian

ôfwurking (finishing off). (various references)

German

zurichtung (dressing, justification, justifying, make ready, overlay), beendend (ceasing, finalizing, unquoting), ausspielend (pitting). (various references)

Greek 

κατεργασία τελειώματος, στάδια τελικής επεξεργασίας (finishing stages), φινίρισμα (finish), αποτελείωμα (finish), τελική επεξεργασία καλουπιού, τελική επεξεργασία (finishing stages), τελική διαμόρφωση (grading, regulation, shaping), τελειώνει την άροση (finished plowing), τελειώνει το όργωμα (finished plowing), τελειωτική λείανσις, τελείωμα (completion), τορνάρισμα αποπεράτωσης (finish turning). (various references)

Hebrew 

�'מיר�" (completion, ending), �'מור (absolute, complete, completion, concluded, conclusion, end, ended, entire, finish, finished, out and out, outright, perfect, sheer, stark, termination, thorough, thoroughgoing, through, total, utter, very). (various references)

Hungarian

végső (briefing, eventual, extreme, final, in the highest degree, in the last resort, supreme, terminal), kikészítés (finish, get-up, makeup), kikészítő (dresser, finisher), kidolgozás (development, elaboration, getting up, get-up, shaping, working out, workmanship), bevégzés (termination), befejezés (accomplishment, completion, conclusion, end, finale, perfecting, perfection, roundoff, termination, windup), befejező (terminator). (various references)

Italian

finitura (finish, trim). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

片付け (tidying up). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

かたづけ (tidying up). (various references)

Korean 

끝마무리. (various references)

Manx

cheet gy kione (development, draw on, end, evolve). (various references)

Pig Latin

inishingfay.(various references)

Portuguese

acabamento (complement, completion, consummation, finish, workmanship). (various references)

Romanian

finisare (finish, finishing strokes), ultim (back, bottom, bottommost, closing, eventual, extreme, final, hindmost, last, late, lowest, rear, rearmost, rearward, recent, supreme, ultimate, utmost), terminare (completeness, expiration, expiry, ripening, termination), desãvârşire (accomplishment, completion, consummation, excellency, perfection, ripeness), de perfecţionare, de finisare. (various references)

Russian 

отделка (finish, onlay, polish, trim), окончание (close, completion, conclusion, desinence, end, ending, expiry, finish, graduation, termination), завершение (accomplishment, closure, come off, completion, consummation, cope-stone, denouement, end, follow through, perfecting, rundown, termination), завершать полировка. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

fina obrada (finish), završavanje (termination), dorada. (various references)

Spanish

acabado (all over, complete, completed, discontinued, done, finish, finished, finishing off, landed, lost, off, over, played out, thorough, through, up). (various references)

Swedish

fulländande (crowning), finpolering, ytbehandling, slut- (closing, concluding, final, illative, terminal, total), lagning (cooking, mending, repair, repairing), justering (adjustment), efterplockning (final plucking, gleaning, picking after the main harvest, stubbing), avvägning (levelling), avjämning (grading, leveling, levelling, machine grading, regulating, regulation, shaping, smoothing). (various references)

Turkish

tamamlama (accomplishment, completion, consummation, finish, follow through, fulfillment, fulfilment, integration, perfection), son (afterbirth, bedrock, close, conclusion, conclusive, curtains, definitive, denouement, end, ending, expiration, expiry, extremity, farewell, fate, final, finis, finish, full, full stop, issue, kiss off, last, late, latest, latter, nth, Omega, outcome, quietus, recent, result, ruination, secundine, sunset, supreme, tail end, terminal, termination, ultimate, upshot), cila (chaser, dope, finish, glaze, glazing, gloss, luster, lustre, polish, polisher, polishing, rubbing varnish, shine, varnish, veneer, veneering, wax), bitirme (closure, completion, consumption, ending, graduation), bitirici, apre (converter, dressing, size). (various references)

Ukrainian

обробка (processing, work, working), завершення (achievement, close, closure, come off, completion, conclusion, consummation, copestone, coping stone, ending, finality, fulfilment, perfecting, wind up), завершальний. (various references)

Vietnamese 

kết thúc (closing), kết liễu. (various references)

Welsh

gorffeniad (finish). (various references)

peractio. (various references)

Derivations

Words ending with "finishing": photofinishing, refinishing. (additional references)

Words containing "finishing": photofinishings. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Finishing" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: finishings, finishon, Finshing, finsihing, Fonvisin. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: finings, fishing, shining.

-3 letters: fining, finish.

-4 letters: finis, nighs.

-5 letters: figs, fins, fish, ghis, gins, hins, hisn, inns, nigh, nisi, shin, sigh, sign, sing, sinh.

+2 letters: infightings, refinishing.

+4 letters: disfurnishing.

+5 letters: disfranchising, photofinishing.