Definition of Finishes

1. Noun. (plural of finish) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of finish) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Finishes

1. finish [v] - See also: finish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Finishes

finish line
finish lines
finish nail
finish off
finish out
finish up
finish with
finishable
finished
finished good
finished goods
finished off
finished product
finisher
finishers
finishes (current term)
finishes off
finishing
finishing-school
finishing bur
finishing coat
finishing line
finishing lines
finishing move
finishing moves
finishing off
finishing school
finishing schools
finishing touch
finishing touches

Literary usage of Finishes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift (1894)
"He contrives and finishes a Canoo, by the help of a Fellow-Servant, and puts to Sea at a venture. I HAD settled my little Oeconomy to my own Heart's content ..."

2. Universal Dictionary of Mechanical Drawing by George Herbert Follows (1906)
"In the matter of finishes it is distinctly poor practice for a draw- ing to ... The finishes that it is necessary to specify in mechanical drawings can be ..."

3. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by Nathan Clarke Johnson, George Albert Hool (1920)
"Stucco finishes may be divided into three groups according to texture: (1) Dash finishes of the "wet" and "dry" types, (2) smooth finishes comprising the ..."

4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1860)
"... into three parts: the first finishes at the pontificate of St. Gregory; the second goes as far as the fifteenth century; and the third to his own time. ..."

5. The Popular Science Monthly (1894)
"... When it finishes its task of eliminating the filaments as it has the anthers of the stamens in many of the pistillate blossoms, and gets rid of the ..."

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