polish off
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
finish a task completely
I finally got through this homework assignment
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- windup derivation
Sense 2 verb
kill intentionally and with premeditation
The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- murder derivation
- despatch derivation
- hit derivation
- killer derivation
- liquidator derivation
Sense 3 verb
finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
She polished off the remaining potatoes
Types & categories
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | windup |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | finish |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cap off |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | murder |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | despatch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hit |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | killer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | liquidator |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | kill |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | burke |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | execute |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | eat |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tuck in |