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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | finir, from Latin finire, from finis 'end' |
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fin‧ish1 S1 W2
1 to complete the last part of something that you are doing : 
You can't go anywhere until you've finished your homework.Have you finished that book yet?
stop doing something
also finish off [intransitive and transitive]You can't go anywhere until you've finished your homework.Have you finished that book yet? finish doing something I finished typing the report just minutes before it was due. 'How's the decorating going?' 'We've nearly finished.'
I finished typing the report just minutes before it was due.'How's the decorating going?' 'We've nearly finished.'2 when an event, activity, or period of time finishes, it ends, especially at a particular time : The football season finishes in May. What time does school finish?
end
[intransitive] especially British EnglishThe football season finishes in May.What time does school finish?3 to eat or drink all the rest of something, so there is none left : I'll just finish my coffee.
eat/drink
also finish up/off [transitive]I'll just finish my coffee.4 to complete an event, performance, piece of work etc by doing one final thing
end something by doing something
also finish off [intransitive and transitive]5 to be in a particular position at the end of a race, competition etc
race
[intransitive and transitive]6 to take away all of someone's strength, energy etc [= do somebody in]: Another run like that would just about finish me.
take away somebody's strength
also finish off [transitive]Another run like that would just about finish me.7 to completely use up the supply of something, especially food : The ice cream's finished - can you get some more?
use all of something
[intransitive and transitive] British EnglishThe ice cream's finished - can you get some more?8 to add the final details that make your work complete : The band are putting the finishing touches to their new album.
put/add the finishing touches (to something)
The band are putting the finishing touches to their new album.9 to give the surface of something, especially wood, a smooth appearance by painting, polishing, or covering it : The furniture had been attractively finished in a walnut veneer.
surface
[transitive]The furniture had been attractively finished in a walnut veneer.finish off
phrasal verb1 to complete the last part of something that you are doing : It'll take me a couple of hours to finish this job off.
finish something ↔ off
It'll take me a couple of hours to finish this job off.2 to use or eat all of something, so there is none left : Who finished off the cake?
finish something ↔ off
Who finished off the cake?3 to complete an event, performance, piece of work etc by doing one final thing
finish something ↔ off She finished off her speech by thanking her sponsors.
She finished off her speech by thanking her sponsors. finish off/finish something ↔ off by doing something Finish off by cleaning the monitor and the keyboard.
Finish off by cleaning the monitor and the keyboard.finish up
phrasal verb1 British English informal to arrive at a particular place, after going to other places first [= end up]: I took a long holiday in Italy and finished up in Rome.
I took a long holiday in Italy and finished up in Rome.2 British English informal to get into a particular state or situation as the result of what you have done, especially without planning or expecting it [= end up]: He tried to bribe a police officer and finished up in jail.
He tried to bribe a police officer and finished up in jail.3 to eat or drink all the rest of something, so there is none left : Come on, finish up your drinks!
finish something ↔ up
Come on, finish up your drinks!finish with something/somebody
phrasal verb1 to no longer need to use something : Have you finished with the scissors?
have/be finished with something
Have you finished with the scissors?2 to have finished talking to someone or dealing with them, especially when you are angry with them or want to punish them : Don't go. I haven't finished with you yet. 'When I'm finished with you,' he said, 'you'll be lucky if you're still alive.'
have/be finished with somebody
Don't go. I haven't finished with you yet.'When I'm finished with you,' he said, 'you'll be lucky if you're still alive.'3 to end a romantic or sexual relationship with someone : So I told him I wanted to finish with him.
So I told him I wanted to finish with him.