finished Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb come or bring to a finish or an end; others finished in over 4 hours"
   finish; complete.
   
   • He finished the dishes
   • She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree
   • The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours
2. verb finally be or do something
   finish; wind up; fetch up; land up; end up; finish up.
   
   • He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart
   • he wound up being unemployed and living at home again
3. verb have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
   stop; cease; finish; end; terminate.
   
   • the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed
   • Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other
   • My property ends by the bushes
   • The symphony ends in a pianissimo
4. verb provide with a finish
   finish.
   
   • The carpenter finished the table beautifully
   • this shirt is not finished properly
5. verb finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
   eat up; finish; polish off.
   
   • She polished off the remaining potatoes
6. verb cause to finish a relationship with somebody
   finish.
   
   • That finished me with Mary
7. adjective (of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
   
   • a finished product
8. adjective ended or brought to an end
   
   • are you finished?
   • gave me the finished manuscript
9. adjective satellite (of skills or the products of skills) brought to or having the greatest excellence; perfected
   
   • a dazzling and finished piece of writing
   • a finished violinist
10. adjective satellite having a surface coating or finish applied
    
    • the finished bookcase costs much more than the unfinished ones
11. adjective satellite brought to ruin
    ruined.
    
    • after the revolution the aristocracy was finished
    • the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically

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