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FINISHING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of finishing
Example:
the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause
Synonyms:
finish; finishing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("finishing" is a kind of...):
closing; completion; culmination; mop up; windup (a concluding action)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "finishing"):
close; closing curtain; finale; finis (the concluding part of any performance)
Derivation:
finish (come or bring to a finish or an end)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)
Example:
when the finish is too thin it is difficult to apply evenly
Synonyms:
coating; finish; finishing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("finishing" is a kind of...):
decorativeness (an appearance that serves to decorate and make something more attractive)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "finishing"):
glaze (a coating for ceramics, metal, etc.)
shoeshine (a shiny finish put on shoes with polish and buffing)
Derivation:
finish (provide with a finish)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb finish
Context examples:
Functional Assessment of Multiple Sclerosis (FAMS) Thinking and Fatigue: I have trouble finishing things because I am tired.
(FAMS - Trouble Finishing Things Because I Am Tired, NCI Thesaurus)
A dose of chemotherapy is given on June 12th starting at 9am and finishing at 12pm.
(Performed Activity Actual Date Range, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
A dainty eater, he found that his mates, finishing first, robbed him of his unfinished ration.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Being a man of enormous physique, however, and possessed of a very powerful voice, he dominated the tumult and succeeded in finishing his speech.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
So here I am finishing my entry in my phonograph diary whilst I await her.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
So he was content, when he had overthrown and slashed wide the throat of one of their dogs, to drop back and let the pack go in and do the cruel finishing work.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
This substance is mainly used in the production of wood preservatives and organic chemicals, but is also used in metal finishing and chrome plating and as a corrosion inhibitor.
(Chromium Trioxide, NCI Thesaurus)
When we got to the inn, the squire and Dr. Livesey were seated together, finishing a quart of ale with a toast in it, before they should go aboard the schooner on a visit of inspection.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
He was cut short by the eager attacks of the little boys, clinging to him like an old friend, and declaring he should not go; and being too much engrossed by proposals of carrying them away in his coat pockets, &c., to have another moment for finishing or recollecting what he had begun, Anne was left to persuade herself, as well as she could, that the same brother must still be in question.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
That a man who might have spent his evening quietly at home after a day of business in London, should set off again, and walk half a mile to another man's house, for the sake of being in mixed company till bed-time, of finishing his day in the efforts of civility and the noise of numbers, was a circumstance to strike him deeply.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
