finish
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)
the boat had a metallic finish
Types & categories
- decorativeness hypernym
- glaze hyponym
- shoeshine hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
come or bring to a finish or an end
He finished the dishes
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- finishing derivation
- windup derivation
- conclusion derivation
- finisher derivation
- close derivation
Sense 3 noun
the temporal end; the concluding time
the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell
Types & categories
- end hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
finally be or do something
He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart
Types & categories
- act hypernym
Related & opposite
- windup derivation
Sense 5 noun
a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
they performed with great polish
Types & categories
- perfection hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- begin antonym
- finishing derivation
- end derivation
- close derivation
- conclusion derivation
- final stage derivation
- end derivation
- end derivation
- terminus derivation
- end derivation
- destruction derivation
- end derivation
- close derivation
- terminative derivation
Sense 7 noun
the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
a crowd assembled at the finish
Types & categories
- end hypernym
- finishing line hyponym
Related & opposite
- fate derivation
Sense 8 verb
provide with a finish
The carpenter finished the table beautifully
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 9 noun
designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race)
excitement grew as the finish neared
Types & categories
- happening hypernym
- standoff hyponym
- photo finish hyponym
- second-place finish hyponym
- third-place finish hyponym
Sense 10 verb
finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
She polished off the remaining potatoes
Types & categories
Sense 11 noun
the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict)
booze will be the finish of him
Types & categories
- downfall hypernym
Sense 12 verb
cause to finish a relationship with somebody
That finished me with Mary
Types & categories
- terminate hypernym
Related & opposite
- conclusion derivation
- close derivation
Sense 13 noun
event whose occurrence ends something
his death marked the ending of an era
Types & categories
- happening hypernym
- final stage hyponym
- final result hyponym
- foregone conclusion hyponym
- wipeout hyponym
- Z hyponym
- stop hyponym
- victory hyponym
- licking hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 14 noun
(wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed)
the wine has a nutty flavor and a pleasant finish
Types & categories
- taste hypernym
Related & opposite
- tasting domain topic
Sense 15 noun
the act of finishing
his best finish in a major tournament was third
Types & categories
- windup hypernym
- closing curtain hyponym
Related & opposite
- commencement antonym
- finish derivation
- end derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | coat |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | finish |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | decorativeness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | glaze |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shoeshine |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | finishing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | windup |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | conclusion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | finisher |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | close |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | terminate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | close |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | top off |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | finish up |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | see through |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | round out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | follow up |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | carry out |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | finish |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | finish |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | close |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | close up |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | conclude |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | end |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | windup |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | act |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | polish up |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | fine-tune |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | civilize |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | perfection |
| 6 | antonym | Related & opposite | begin |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | finishing |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | close |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | conclusion |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | final stage |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | terminus |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | destruction |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | close |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | terminative |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | pass away |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | lapse |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | cut out |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | go out |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | adjourn |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | disappear |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | climax |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | run out |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | run low |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | vanish |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | conclude |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | turn out |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | discontinue |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | break |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | fate |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | end |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | finishing line |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | finish |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | finisher |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | finisher |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | coat |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | dress |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | broom |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | happening |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | standoff |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | photo finish |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | second-place finish |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | third-place finish |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | eat |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | tuck in |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | downfall |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | conclusion |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | close |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | terminate |
| 13 | antonym | Related & opposite | beginning |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | finish |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | finish |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 13 | hypernym | Types & categories | happening |
| 13 | hyponym | Types & categories | final stage |
| 13 | hyponym | Types & categories | final result |
| 13 | hyponym | Types & categories | foregone conclusion |
| 13 | hyponym | Types & categories | wipeout |
| 13 | hyponym | Types & categories | Z |
| 13 | hyponym | Types & categories | stop |
| 13 | hyponym | Types & categories | victory |
| 13 | hyponym | Types & categories | licking |
| 14 | domain topic | Related & opposite | tasting |
| 14 | hypernym | Types & categories | taste |
| 15 | antonym | Related & opposite | commencement |
| 15 | derivation | Related & opposite | finish |
| 15 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 15 | hypernym | Types & categories | windup |
| 15 | hyponym | Types & categories | closing curtain |