finishn.
/ˈfɪnɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈfɪnᵻʃ/ 1.
a. The conclusion, last stage, termination; also (colloquial or slang) the ‘end’ of a man.
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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun]
endc1000
endingc1000
finea1300
conclusion1382
ooc1384
close1399
finance1449
terminationc1500
last?1520
winding up1560
wind-up1573
wind-up-all1573
conclusure1578
clause1581
upshot1582
desinence1598
omega1599
Godspeed1606
finis1682
finale1786
finish1790
tie-up1829
Z1877
curtains1912
taps1917
the world > life > death > [noun]
hensithOE
qualmOE
bale-sithea1000
endingc1000
fallOE
forthsitheOE
soulingOE
life's endOE
deathOE
hethensithc1200
last end?c1225
forthfarec1275
dying1297
finec1300
partingc1300
endc1305
deceasec1330
departc1330
starving1340
passingc1350
latter enda1382
obita1382
perishingc1384
carrion1387
departing1388
finishmentc1400
trespassement14..
passing forthc1410
sesse1417
cess1419
fininga1425
resolutiona1425
departisona1450
passagea1450
departmentc1450
consummation?a1475
dormition1483
debt to (also of) naturea1513
dissolutionc1522
expirationa1530
funeral?a1534
change1543
departure1558
last change1574
transmigration1576
dissolving1577
shaking of the sheets?1577
departance1579
deceasure1580
mortality1582
deceasing1591
waftage1592
launching1599
quietus1603
doom1609
expire1612
expiring1612
period1613
defunctiona1616
Lethea1616
fail1623
dismissiona1631
set1635
passa1645
disanimation1646
suffering1651
abition1656
Passovera1662
latter (last) end1670
finis1682
exitus1706
perch1722
demission1735
demise1753
translation1760
transit1764
dropping1768
expiry1790
departal1823
finish1826
homegoing1866
the last (also final, great) round-up1879
snuffing1922
fade-out1924
thirty1929
appointment in Samarra1934
dirt nap1981
big chill1987
1790 A. M. Johnson Monmouth III. 140 To look upon death..as the finish of your sorrows!
1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 361 The fit and worthy finish of such a life.
1814 F. Burney Wanderer V. 318 And here..is the finish of all I have to recount.
1826 Sporting Mag. 17 321 You would like to hear what was the finish of the noted Will Barrow.
1827 Sporting Mag. 21 78 The finish of the hunting season I unfortunately lost.
b. elliptically in Sport: The end of a hunt, race, etc.; the death of a fox; also in phrase, to be in at the finish. Also figurative.
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the world > life > death > [noun] > of animal
finish1875
the world > food and drink > hunting > [noun] > end of hunt
finish1875
the world > action or operation > completing > complete or conclude action [verb (intransitive)] > be in at the finish
to be in at the finish1875
1875 W. S. Hayward Love against World 13 The old squire was determined to be in at the finish.
1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 133 Think for a moment of a finish as it is in reality.
1891 H. Le Caron Twenty-five Years in Secret Service (1893) 188 It was..in the speeches from start to finish.
2.
a. That which finishes, or serves to give completeness or perfection to anything.
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the world > action or operation > completing > [noun] > that which > finishing touch or crowning act
copestone1567
last hand1567
colophon1628
capstone1685
grace stroke1686
finishing stroke1695
coup de grâce1699
touch-up1733
finish1779
crowner1815
coping-stone1860
grace note1922
topper1940
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [noun] > one who or that which perfects
perfector1578
sublimera1631
finish1779
perfectionizer1841
perfectionatora1849
perfectioner1879
1779 J. Wedgwood Let. 23 Nov. in Sel. Lett. (1965) 245 We have formed a..school, which I have..some notion of..continuing instead of sending them [sc. children] from home again, unless by way of finish.
1793 Copper-Plate Mag. No. 13 The choir received it's embellishments and finish from Henry the Eighth.
1823 G. Kennedy Father Clement i. 20 To obtain that finish to his education which it was..thought could only be acquired by travelling [etc.].
1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. x. 515 Two smaller towers were designed as the finish of the building.
1890 Cent. Mag. Jan. 362/1 To have an American finish put to her education and manners.
b. Building. The last coat of paint or plaster laid upon a surface.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > [noun] > bricklaying and plastering > plastering > finishing coat
stucco1734
intonaco1806
setting coat1812
finish1823
set1823
setting1823
skin coat1897
1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 417 Over this a coat of oil-colour..called the finish, is laid.
3. The condition or quality of being finished or perfected.
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the world > action or operation > completing > [noun] > fact or condition of being completed
perfection?c1225
final1582
consummation1604
ultimate1681
consummativeness1701
finish1801
pay-off1937
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [noun] > perfection of finish
exactness1564
exquisiteness1599
finish1801
1801 M. Edgeworth Good French Governess in Moral Tales V. 176 There was a want of finish, as the workmen call it, in my manufacture.
a1856 H. Miller Testimony of Rocks (1857) vi. 229 They could not, compatibly with such nicety of finish, be laid over each other.
1876 H. N. Humphreys Coin Coll. Man. xxvi. 397 High finish could not be obtained in the mode by which this massive money was produced.
1885 Newhall in Harper's Mag. Jan. 278/2 They [gloves] are tanned with sumac and gambier..as these produce softer finishes.
1885 Manch. Examiner 22 Feb. 5/3 Mr. Reeves sang with perfect finish.
1888 C. F. Cross & E. J. Bevan Text-bk. Paper-making x. 159 The degree of smoothness or ‘finish’ that can be given to the paper by the calenders, depends..upon the degree of moisture which it contains.
1962 F. T. Day Introd. to Paper 115/1 Finish. This is the degree of smoothness applied to a paper. Finishes may vary: rough antique, smooth, mill finish, super calender, highly glazed or gloss finish.
4. slang. A house of entertainment, where the night is finished.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > nightlife > [noun] > nightclub
finish1796
café chantant1854
nightclub1871
bottle party1903
lokal1903
cabaret1912
boîte1922
supper club1927
nitery1929
hot spot1930
spot1930
clip-joint1933
nightspot1936
night box1938
Nachtlokal1939
partouze1959
1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) The finish, a small coffee-house, in Covent-Garden market,..open very early in the morning.
1840 Fraser's Mag. Oct. 399/1 The pleasures of the metropolis—the theatres, the Cider~cellars, the Finish.
1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 17 The innumerable finishes and saloons.
1860 W. M. Thackeray Lovel (1869) 204 A weakly little man..whose pallid countenance told of Finishes and Casinos.
5. (See quot.)
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the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > alcohols > [noun] > alcohol compounds or mixtures > methylated spirit
methylated spirits1855
finish1875
industrial alcohol1880
methylated1912
meth1933
metho1933
meths1935
1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 58 Methylated spirit can be procured also in small quantities..containing in solution 1 oz. to the gallon of shellac, under the name of ‘finish’.
1888 Dumfries Standard 22 Feb. 3 The traffic in methylated spirit or ‘finish’ as it is popularly called.
Compounds
finish fight n. U.S. a fight to a finish.
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1909 R. A. Wason Happy Hawkins 143 The' ain't nothin' ever satisfies a civilized human except a finish fight.
finish line n. a real or imaginary line which marks the end of a race.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > starting or finishing mark > finishing mark
marklOE
glovec1380
goal1531
winning-post1759
ending-post1760
goalpost1834
tape1867
the line1892
finishing-post1895
finish line1899
1899 Daily News 4 Oct. 3/4 Both yachts being then about three miles from the finish line.
1959 M. Shadbolt New Zealanders 86 The leaders in the junior race flashed across the finish-line.
1968 Guardian 28 June 1/5 Williams had been declared the winner, both for crossing the finish line first and on a corrected time basis.
Draft additions June 2015
Darts. A score from which a player can reduce his or her total to zero, and win a leg; a successful attempt of this kind. In most variations of the game, a player must finish by hitting a double or the bullseye.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > darts > [noun] > score
double top1936
finish1936
madhouse1936
ton1936
outshot1992
1936 R. Croft-Cooke Darts xii. 62 But it is in the ‘finish’ that the fine art of Darts is most evident, in the ultimate and exquisite climax of that final double which gives its thrower the game.
1948 G. Caley How to improve your Darts 63 Inability to count quickly when throwing for a finish..is a common fault of most average players.
1979 L. Rees & D. Lanning On Darts vi. 45 Three leaves the bull and a two-dart finish.
1999 Scotsman 2 Jan. 27 We're left with the memories, of half-forgotten encounters, the twitch of Bristow's eyelid as he went for the finish,..the menacing splendour that was Jocky on the oche.
2014 Wexford People (Nexis) 2 Dec. 58 P.J. was in trouble as Jacko was on a finish and he was sitting on 148.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
finishv.
/ˈfɪnɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈfɪnᵻʃ/ 1.
a. transitive. To bring to an end; to come to the end of, go through the last period or stage of. Often with gerund (formerly with infinitive) as object: To ‘make an end of’, cease (doing something). †Also, rarely, To put an end to, cause to cease.
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the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)]
aswikec975
linOE
beleavec1175
forletc1175
i-swikec1175
restc1175
stutte?c1225
lina1300
blinc1314
to give overc1325
to do wayc1350
stintc1366
finisha1375
leavea1375
yleavec1380
to leave offa1382
refuse1389
ceasec1410
resigna1413
respite?a1439
relinquish1454
surcease1464
discontinue1474
unfill1486
supersede1499
desist1509
to have ado?1515
stop1525
to lay aside1530
stay1538
quata1614
to lay away1628
sist1635
quita1642
to throw up1645
to lay by1709
to come off1715
unbuckle1736
peter1753
to knock off1767
stash1794
estop1796
stow1806
cheese1811
to chuck itc1879
douse1887
nark1889
to stop off1891
stay1894
sling1902
can1906
to lay off1908
to pack in1934
to pack up1934
to turn in1938
to break down1941
to tie a can to (or on)1942
to jack in1948
to wrap it up1949
the world > action or operation > completing > complete (an action or piece of work) [verb (transitive)] > bring to an end or conclusion
finec1300
finisha1375
concludec1430
determine1483
to wind off1650
parclose1667
to wind up1780
eventuate1816
to round out1856
mop1859
to wrap up1922
the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease or put a stop to
astintc700
stathea1200
atstuntc1220
to put an end toa1300
to set end ofa1300
batec1300
stanch1338
stinta1350
to put awayc1350
arrestc1374
finisha1375
terminec1390
achievea1393
cease1393
removec1405
terminate?a1425
stop1426
surceasec1435
resta1450
discontinue1474
adetermine1483
blina1500
stay1525
abrogatea1529
suppressa1538
to set in or at stay1538
to make stay of1572
depart1579
check1581
intercept1581
to give a stop toa1586
dirempt1587
date1589
period1595
astayc1600
nip1600
to break off1607
snape1631
sist1635
to make (a) stop of1638
supersede1643
assopiatea1649
periodizea1657
unbusya1657
to put a stop to1679
to give the holla to1681
to run down1697
cessate1701
end1737
to choke off1818
stopper1821
punctuate1825
to put a stopper on1828
to take off ——1845
still1850
to put the lid on1873
on the fritz1900
to close down1903
to put the fritz on something1910
to put the bee on1918
switch1921
to blow the whistle on1934
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > bring to an end or conclude [verb (transitive)]
yendc1000
abatec1300
finec1300
endc1305
finisha1375
definec1384
terminec1390
achievea1393
out-enda1400
terminate?a1425
conclude1430
close1439
to bring adowna1450
terma1475
adetermine1483
determine1483
to knit up1530
do1549
parclose1558
to shut up1575
expire1578
date1589
to close up1592
period1595
includea1616
apostrophate1622
to wind off1650
periodizea1657
dismiss1698
to wind up1740
to put the lid on1873
to put the tin hat on something1900
to wash up1925
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 3934 Þus was þat ferli fiȝt finched þat time.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 4255 Qwene they had ffenyste þis feghte.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde i. xx. 60 The sonne the whiche..neuer shal fynysshe to goo with the heuen.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lv. 185 Who so euer dyd fyght agaynst him were lyke myserably to fynysshe his days.
1619 M. Drayton Barons Warres vi. lxxxvii, in Poems (rev. ed.) 95 In Death what can be..That I should feare a Couenant to make With it, which welcom'd, finisheth my Woe?
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 142 His Griefs with Day begun, Nor were they finish'd with the setting Sun. View more context for this quotation
1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 567 That calm ambition of gold, in which all the ambitious finish their course.
1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest I. viii. 143 Edward..had just finished a hearty meal.
1891 E. Peacock Narcissa Brendon I. 256 As he finished speaking.
b. to finish off: to provide with an ending (of a certain kind).
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the world > action or operation > completing > complete (an action or piece of work) [verb (transitive)] > bring to an end or conclusion > provide with a conclusion
to finish off1830
piecenc1900
1830 H. N. Coleridge Introd. Greek Poets 47 Plutarch finishes off the story in his usual manner.
2. To bring to completion; to make or perform completely; to complete. Also with off, †up. †to finish to (do): to succeed completely in (doing).
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the world > action or operation > completing > complete or conclude action [verb (intransitive)]
enda1340
finisha1400
conclude1526
to get through1589
get1594
dispatcha1616
to shut up1626
to wind up1631
finale1797
to top off1836
to top up1837
through1894
to roll up1963
the world > action or operation > completing > complete (an action or piece of work) [verb (transitive)]
to make an endc893
afilleOE
endc975
fullOE
full-doOE
full-workOE
fullendOE
fullfremeOE
full-forthlOE
fillc1175
fulfilc1300
complec1315
asum1340
full-make1340
performa1382
finisha1400
accomplishc1405
cheve1426
upwindc1440
perfurnish?c1450
sumc1450
perimplish1468
explete?a1475
fullcome1477
consume1483
consomme1489
perimplenish1499
perfect1512
perfinish1523
complete1530
consummate1530
do1549
to run out1553
perfectionate1570
win1573
outwork1590
to bring about1598
exedifya1617
to do up1654
ratifyc1720
ultimate1849
terminate1857
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > achieve success (of persons) > succeed in doing anything
wina1300
covera1375
gaina1375
to prevail to1474
to make shift of1504
attain1523
obtaina1529
frame1545
procure1559
to finish to1594
succeed1839
a1400–50 Alexander 2144 For quen I done haue with Dary & my dede fenyschid.
1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xi. 41 Hys enterpryse that ful sore he desyred to fynysshe.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxii. 217 Whan the sacrement of baptysme was fynyshyd.
1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 84 In August [1553] was the aulter in Powlles set up agayne, and fenysyd in September.
1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xv. 269 When Nature hath finished to forme a man in all perfection.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) ii. v. 28 How many Dayes will finish vp the Yeare. View more context for this quotation
1648 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia i. xviii. §3. 336 They expose themselves to the reproach of having begun what they were unable to finish.
1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 185 Yet have I not finished to attain the right Method, or way of ordering them.
1761–2 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1806) III. xlvii. 694 The marriage of the princess Elizabeth with Frederic..was finished some time after the death of that prince.
1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 686 Finish sowing greenhouse plants.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 86 He cuts all his gloves out for the right hand, and never could finish a pair in his life.
1848 C. K. Sharpe Let. 7 Feb. (1888) II. 590 That bloody-minded person who finished off the work.
3.
a. To deal with or dispose of the whole or the remainder of (an object); to complete the consumption of (food, one's stock of anything), the reading of (a book, etc.).
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the world > action or operation > completing > complete (an action or piece of work) [verb (transitive)] > get finished with (a task, etc.)
overcome?c1225
speedc1340
overtake?a1400
rid1467
finish1526
absolve1574
to work off1618
to get over ——a1646
to finish with1823
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eat [verb (transitive)] > finish eating
finish1856
society > communication > reading > [verb (transitive)] > read to the end of
outread1578
to read out1646
finish1884
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. x. f. xiijv Ye shal nott fynysshe all the cites of israhel, tyll the sonne of man be come.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxxi. 434 He and Brooks will doubtless finish the two [potatoes].
1884 F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer (ed. 2) I. 72 Would you mind finishing the canto?
b. To complete the destruction of; to dispatch, kill. Also in weaker sense: To complete the discomfiture or defeat of; to reduce to complete exhaustion or helplessness. Now chiefly colloquial.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to
undoc950
shendOE
forfarea1000
endc1000
to do awayOE
aquenchc1175
slayc1175
slayc1175
stathea1200
tinea1300
to-spilla1300
batec1300
bleschea1325
honisha1325
leesea1325
wastec1325
stanch1338
corrumpa1340
destroy1340
to put awayc1350
dissolvec1374
supplanta1382
to-shend1382
aneantizec1384
avoidc1384
to put outa1398
beshenda1400
swelta1400
amortizec1405
distract1413
consumec1425
shelfc1425
abroge1427
downthringc1430
kill1435
poisonc1450
defeat1474
perish1509
to blow away1523
abrogatea1529
to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529
dash?1529
to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531
put in the pot1531
wipea1538
extermine1539
fatec1540
peppera1550
disappoint1563
to put (also set) beside the saddle1563
to cut the throat of1565
to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568
to make a hand of (also on, with)1569
demolish1570
to break the neck of1576
to make shipwreck of1577
spoil1578
to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579
cipher1589
ruinate1590
to cut off by the shins1592
shipwreck1599
exterminate1605
finish1611
damnify1612
ravel1614
braina1616
stagger1629
unrivet1630
consummate1634
pulverizea1640
baffle1649
devil1652
to blow up1660
feague1668
shatter1683
cook1708
to die away1748
to prove fatal (to)1759
to knock up1764
to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834
to put the kibosh on1834
to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835
kibosh1841
to chaw up1843
cooper1851
to jack up1870
scuttle1888
to bugger up1891
jigger1895
torpedo1895
on the fritz1900
to put paid to1901
rot1908
down and out1916
scuppera1918
to put the skids under1918
stonker1919
liquidate1924
to screw up1933
cruel1934
to dig the grave of1934
pox1935
blow1936
to hit for six1937
to piss up1937
to dust off1938
zap1976
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat > defeat completely or do for
overthrowc1375
checkmatea1400
to bring or put to (or unto) utterance1430
distrussc1430
crusha1599
panga1600
to fetch off1600
finish1611
settle?1611
feague1668
rout1676
spiflicate1749
bowl1793
to settle a person's hash1795
dish1798
smash1813
to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835
thunder-smite1875
scuppera1918
to put the bee on1918
stonker1919
to wrap up1922
root1944
banjax1956
marmalize1966
the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (transitive)]
swevec725
quelmeOE
slayc893
quelleOE
of-falleOE
ofslayeOE
aquellc950
ayeteeOE
spillc950
beliveOE
to bring (also do) of (one's) life-dayOE
fordoa1000
forfarea1000
asweveOE
drepeOE
forleseOE
martyrOE
to do (also i-do, draw) of lifeOE
bringc1175
off-quellc1175
quenchc1175
forswelta1225
adeadc1225
to bring of daysc1225
to do to deathc1225
to draw (a person) to deathc1225
murder?c1225
aslayc1275
forferec1275
to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275
martyrc1300
strangle1303
destroya1325
misdoa1325
killc1330
tailc1330
to take the life of (also fro)c1330
enda1340
to kill to (into, unto) death1362
brittena1375
deadc1374
to ding to deathc1380
mortifya1382
perisha1387
to dight to death1393
colea1400
fella1400
kill out (away, down, up)a1400
to slay up or downa1400
swelta1400
voida1400
deliverc1400
starvec1425
jugylc1440
morta1450
to bring to, on, or upon (one's) bierc1480
to put offc1485
to-slaya1500
to make away with1502
to put (a person or thing) to silencec1503
rida1513
to put downa1525
to hang out of the way1528
dispatch?1529
strikea1535
occidea1538
to firk to death, (out) of lifec1540
to fling to deathc1540
extinct1548
to make out of the way1551
to fet offa1556
to cut offc1565
to make away?1566
occise1575
spoil1578
senda1586
to put away1588
exanimate1593
unmortalize1593
speed1594
unlive1594
execute1597
dislive1598
extinguish1598
to lay along1599
to make hence1605
conclude1606
kill off1607
disanimate1609
feeze1609
to smite, stab in, under the fifth rib1611
to kill dead1615
transporta1616
spatch1616
to take off1619
mactate1623
to make meat of1632
to turn up1642
inanimate1647
pop1649
enecate1657
cadaverate1658
expedite1678
to make dog's meat of1679
to make mincemeat of1709
sluice1749
finisha1753
royna1770
still1778
do1780
deaden1807
deathifyc1810
to lay out1829
cool1833
to use up1833
puckeroo1840
to rub out1840
cadaverize1841
to put under the sod1847
suicide1852
outkill1860
to fix1875
to put under1879
corpse1884
stiffen1888
tip1891
to do away with1899
to take out1900
stretch1902
red-light1906
huff1919
to knock rotten1919
skittle1919
liquidate1924
clip1927
to set over1931
creasea1935
ice1941
lose1942
to put to sleep1942
zap1942
hit1955
to take down1967
wax1968
trash1973
ace1975
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > weary or exhaust [verb (transitive)]
wearyc897
tirea1000
travailc1300
forwearya1325
taryc1375
tarc1440
matec1450
break1483
labour1496
overwearya1500
wear?1507
to wear out, forth1525
fatigate1535
stress1540
overtire1558
forwaste1563
to tire out1563
overwear1578
spend1582
out-tire1596
outwear1596
outweary1596
overspend1596
to toil out1596
attediate1603
bejade1620
lassate1623
harassa1626
overtask1628
tax1672
hag1674
trash1685
hatter1687
overtax1692
fatigue1693
to knock up1740
tire to death1740
overfatigue1741
fag1774
outdo1776
to do over1789
to use up1790
jade1798
overdo1817
frazzlea1825
worry1828
to sew up1837
to wear to death1840
to take it (also a lot, too much, etc.) out of (a person)1847
gruel1850
to stump up1853
exhaust1860
finish1864
peter1869
knacker1886
grind1887
tew1893
crease1925
poop1931
raddle1951
1611 Bible (King James) Dan. v. 26 God hath numbred thy kingdome, and finished it. View more context for this quotation
a1753 P. Drake Memoirs (1755) I. xvii. 187 Five Germans, who were resolved to finish me.
1816 Sporting Mag. 48 181 Lancaster..was completely finished.
1840 Peter Parley's Ann. 188 They were for finishing him [a wounded man] outright with their bayonets.
1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 308 If he still obstinates himself, he is finished by [etc.].
1884 E. P. Roe Nature's Serial Story ix The moist sultriness..finished the ox-heart cherries.
4. absolute.1852 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 187 The plasterers were..finishing off, and clearing away their scaffoldings.† d. With complement or into: To make into by a final operation. Obsolete.
a. To perfect finally or in detail; to put the final and completing touches to (a thing). Also with off, up.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > completing > complete or conclude action [verb (intransitive)] > add the finishing touch
finish1551
to put on the sheaf1718
the world > action or operation > completing > complete (an action or piece of work) [verb (transitive)] > put the finishing touch to
fine1387
crown1509
finish1551
to top out1834
top1892
1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Kiij These [sc. the hands, arms and feet] be..the partes whiche finishe the whole, and make it perfecte.
a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 80 To perfect and finish our answer.
1611 Bible (King James) 2 Cor. viii. 6 Wee desired Titus, that as he had begun, so hee would also finish in you the same grace also. View more context for this quotation
1683 W. Soames tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Art of Poetry ii. 20 A faultless Sonnet, finish'd thus, would be Worth tedious Volumes of loose Poetry.
1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 13 They finish the plastering..by Trowelling and brishing it over with fair Water..and also brish over their new Plastering when they set, or finish it.
1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 7. 45 To a good natural Discernment Art must therefore be joined to finish a Critick.
1807 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 5 713 He was compelled by his father to finish up his pottery minutely.
1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 17 The hole may be finished with a file.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Edwin Morris 22 He seem'd All-perfect, finish'd to the finger nail.
b. To complete or perfect the education of (a person).
ΘΚΠ
society > education > [verb (transitive)] > complete education of
finish1749
1749 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 3) XI. 109 She sent her most illustrious citizens to be finished and refined in Greece.
1796 C. Burney Mem. Life Metastasio I. 214 Most of the great singers..had been formed or finished by him.
a1817 J. Austen Lady Susan in Wks. (1954) VI. vii. 253 Those accomplishments which are now necessary to finish a pretty Woman.
a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 158 Where were you finished?
c. To complete or perfect the fatting of (cattle).
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [verb (transitive)] > fatten
masteOE
fatc1386
frankc1440
to set up1540
fatten1552
feed1552
cram1577
engrease1583
to raise in flesh1608
adipate1623
saginate1623
batten1638
to stall to1764
tallow1765
to fat off1789
to make up1794
higglea1825
finish1841
force1847
to feed off1852
steam1947
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [verb (transitive)] > fatten
masteOE
fatc1386
to set up1540
fatten1552
feed1552
forcea1571
cram1577
engrease1583
to raise in flesh1608
saginate1623
to stall to1764
tallow1765
stall-feed1766
graze1787
to fat off1789
to make up1794
higglea1825
finish1841
to feed off1852
steam1947
1841 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2 ii. 226 The cattle..by means of the turnip are ‘finished out’ and in a proper state for the butcher in the spring.
1851 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 12 ii. 334 Many flock~masters ‘finish’ their sheep before selling.
1865 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2nd Ser. 1 ii. 259 If the lambs are well summered it will answer to finish them off in the house or yards.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > completing > complete (an action or piece of work) [verb (transitive)] > the making of something > make into by a final operation
finish1704
1704 J. Swift Full Acct. Battel between Bks. in Tale of Tub 270 Polite Conversation has finish'd thee a Pedant.
1812 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 34 410 This earth is to be finished up into one vast terrestrial paradise.
5. † c. To die. Obsolete.
a. intransitive. To come to an end, reach the end; to cease, leave off. Also with off, up. Also, to end in (something), to end by (doing something).
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the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)]
i-swikec893
swikec897
atwindc1000
linOE
studegieOE
stintc1175
letc1200
stuttea1225
leavec1225
astint1250
doc1300
finec1300
blina1325
cease1330
stable1377
resta1382
ho1390
to say or cry ho1390
resta1398
astartc1400
discontinuec1425
surcease1428
to let offc1450
resista1475
finish1490
to lay a straw?a1505
to give over1526
succease1551
to put (also pack) up one's pipes1556
end1557
to stay (one's own or another's) hand1560
stick1574
stay1576
to draw bridle1577
to draw rein1577
to set down one's rest1589
overgive1592
absist1614
subsista1639
beholdc1650
unbridle1653
to knock offa1657
acquiesce1659
to set (up) one's rest1663
sista1676
stop1689
to draw rein1725
subside1734
remit1765
to let up1787
to wind (up) one's pirna1835
to cry crack1888
to shut off1896
to pack in1906
to close down1921
to pack up1925
to sign off1929
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > be at an end [verb (intransitive)] > come to an end, terminate, or expire
to run outeOE
endOE
stintc1275
slakea1300
overpassc1350
determinec1374
overruna1393
dispend1393
failc1399
missa1400
to wear out, forth1412
stanchc1420
to come outa1450
terminea1450
expire?c1450
finish1490
conclude1593
upclose1603
terminate1608
to shut up1609
to wind off1650
stop1733
to fall in1771
close1821
to blaze out1884
outgive1893
to play out1964
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > be at an end [verb (intransitive)] > end in something
finish1490
terminate1613
land1679
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > be at an end [verb (intransitive)] > make an end, finish up, or conclude
have done!c1300
conclude1526
dispatcha1616
period1628
finale1797
to wind up1825
to wind (up) one's pirna1835
to top off1836
finish1878
finalize1922
to drop the flag1925
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) ix. 248 And beganne to make soo grete a sorowe as thoughe all the worlde had fynysshed a fore his eyen.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin iii. 54 They sey thei shull neuer fenisshe till thei haue a-vengid the deth of Aungis.
?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. ff.iiv Infernall payne that shall not fynysshe.
a1527 R. Thorne in R. Hakluyt Divers Voy. (1582) sig. Cv Which mayne land..finisheth in the lande that wee founde.
1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Di Wherwith finisheth the first.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iii. i. 205 Exeter doth wish, His dayes may finish, ere that haplesse time. View more context for this quotation
a1790 B. Franklin Autobiogr. (1981) iii. 108 Partnerships often finish in Quarrels.
1829 W. S. Landor Wks. (1868) I. 205/2 If we begin to reinstate old words, we shall finish by admitting new ones.
1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies i. 10 Finishing off somewhere between twelve and four.
1878 Harper's Mag. Nov. 892/2 Shall we finish up and have done with it, with a song at the end?
1902 R. Machray Night Side of London i. 21 Others vanish into the night..finishing up..at some night-club, or in some other den.
b. to finish with: (a) To cease to deal with, have done with; (b) to complete one's work at or upon.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cease to deal or have to do with
dropa1616
close1642
to finish with1782
to let up on1882
the world > action or operation > completing > complete (an action or piece of work) [verb (transitive)] > get finished with (a task, etc.)
overcome?c1225
speedc1340
overtake?a1400
rid1467
finish1526
absolve1574
to work off1618
to get over ——a1646
to finish with1823
1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. ix. iv. 51 He approved much of her finishing wholly with the old Don.
1823 R. Southey Life (1850) V. 139 To-night I shall finish with Queen Mary's reign.
1939 G. B. Shaw In Good King Charles's Golden Days ii. 102 How often have you told me that you are finished with all women!
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)]
forsweltc888
sweltc888
adeadeOE
deadc950
wendeOE
i-wite971
starveOE
witea1000
forfereOE
forthfareOE
forworthc1000
to go (also depart , pass, i-wite, chare) out of this worldOE
queleOE
fallOE
to take (also nim, underfo) (the) deathOE
to shed (one's own) blood?a1100
diec1135
endc1175
farec1175
to give up the ghostc1175
letc1200
aswelta1250
leavea1250
to-sweltc1275
to-worthc1275
to yield (up) the ghost (soul, breath, life, spirit)c1290
finea1300
spilla1300
part?1316
to leese one's life-daysa1325
to nim the way of deathc1325
to tine, leave, lose the sweatc1330
flit1340
trance1340
determinec1374
disperisha1382
to go the way of all the eartha1382
to be gathered to one's fathers1382
miscarryc1387
shut1390
goa1393
to die upa1400
expirea1400
fleea1400
to pass awaya1400
to seek out of lifea1400–50
to sye hethena1400
tinea1400
trespass14..
espirec1430
to end one's days?a1439
decease1439
to go away?a1450
ungoc1450
unlivec1450
to change one's lifea1470
vade1495
depart1501
to pay one's debt to (also the debt of) naturea1513
to decease this world1515
to go over?1520
jet1530
vade1530
to go westa1532
to pick over the perch1532
galpa1535
to die the death1535
to depart to God1548
to go home1561
mort1568
inlaikc1575
shuffle1576
finish1578
to hop (also tip, pitch over, drop off, etc.) the perch1587
relent1587
unbreathe1589
transpass1592
to lose one's breath1596
to make a die (of it)1611
to go offa1616
fail1623
to go out1635
to peak over the percha1641
exita1652
drop1654
to knock offa1657
to kick upa1658
to pay nature her due1657
ghost1666
to march off1693
to die off1697
pike1697
to drop off1699
tip (over) the perch1699
to pass (also go, be called, etc.) to one's reward1703
sink1718
vent1718
to launch into eternity1719
to join the majority1721
demise1727
to pack off1735
to slip one's cable1751
turf1763
to move off1764
to pop off the hooks1764
to hop off1797
to pass on1805
to go to glory1814
sough1816
to hand in one's accounts1817
to slip one's breatha1819
croak1819
to slip one's wind1819
stiffen1820
weed1824
buy1825
to drop short1826
to fall (a) prey (also victim, sacrifice) to1839
to get one's (also the) call1839
to drop (etc.) off the hooks1840
to unreeve one's lifeline1840
to step out1844
to cash, pass or send in one's checks1845
to hand in one's checks1845
to go off the handle1848
to go under1848
succumb1849
to turn one's toes up1851
to peg out1852
walk1858
snuff1864
to go or be up the flume1865
to pass outc1867
to cash in one's chips1870
to go (also pass over) to the majority1883
to cash in1884
to cop it1884
snuff1885
to belly up1886
perch1886
to kick the bucket1889
off1890
to knock over1892
to pass over1897
to stop one1901
to pass in1904
to hand in one's marble1911
the silver cord is loosed1911
pip1913
to cross over1915
conk1917
to check out1921
to kick off1921
to pack up1925
to step off1926
to take the ferry1928
peg1931
to meet one's Maker1933
to kiss off1935
to crease it1959
zonk1968
cark1977
to cark it1979
to take a dirt nap1981
1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India Pref. 4 Considering that all flesh must finish, I seek for no quiet rest in this transitorie life.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. vi. 36 Who with wet cheekes Were present when she finish'd . View more context for this quotation
d. Of a competitor in a sporting contest: to come to the end of a course or race (in a certain condition or ‘place’).
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > race (a race) [verb (transitive)] > lie or finish in specific position
finish1881
lie1951
1881 Sat. Rev. 25 June 818/1 Kermesse..finished a couple of lengths in front of Kingdom.
1894 G. Moore Esther Waters ii He told me..to bring the colt along and finish up close by where he would be standing.
1929 Star 21 Aug. 16/2 Every horse he has backed has finished out of the first three.
1971 Daily Tel. 29 Oct. 29/1 Lithiot finished threequarters of a length behind Gold Rod to be third in this big mile race.
1971 Daily Tel. 29 Oct. 31/5 Randle finished third in the 350 cc Italian Grand Prix at Monza.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)]
thringc1250
restrain1384
bound1393
abounda1398
limita1398
pincha1450
pin?a1475
prescribec1485
define1513
coarcta1529
circumscribe1529
restrict1535
conclude1548
limitate1563
stint1567
chamber1568
contract1570
crampern1577
contain1578
finish1587
pound1589
confine1597
terminate1602
noosec1604
border1608
constrain1614
coarctate1624
butta1631
to fasten down1694
crimp1747
bourn1807
to box in1845
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)]
thringc1250
circumscrivec1374
arta1382
bound1393
limita1398
restrainc1405
pincha1450
restringe1525
coarcta1529
circumscribe1529
restrict1535
conclude1548
narrow?1548
limitate1563
stint1567
chamber1568
contract1570
crampern1577
contain1578
finish1587
conscribe1588
pound1589
confine1597
border1608
circumcise1613
constrain1614
coarctate1624
butta1631
prescribe1688
pin1738
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. iv. 53 So as he finish or bound himselfe.
Draft additions June 2015
intransitive. Darts. To win a leg by successfully reducing one's total to zero. In most variations of the game, a player must finish by hitting a double or the bullseye.
ΚΠ
1927 News of World 25 Sept. 16/5 The duration of the game in preliminary rounds will be 301 up, finish only on a double.
1938 Darts Weekly News 5 Mar. 8/1 [The team] scored steadily..but could not finish on the double five.
1975 I. L. Brackin & W. Fitzgerald All about Darts vii. 100 In a friendly game one is often left with a score of two (double one) to finish on.
1992 Darts World Oct. 42/1 Then he hit a 60, 51 but missed the bull with his third dart and had to use up another two to finish.
2006 B. George & L. Hardy Bobby Dazzler xii. 199 I outscored him in practically every set, but I couldn't finish, and as the saying goes: ‘it's trebles for show and doubles for dough’.
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