Finish

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NOUN

a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)

a highly developed state of perfection

the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)

designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race)

the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict)

event whose occurrence ends something

(wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed)

the act of finishing

VERB

come or bring to a finish or an end

finally be or do something

have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense

provide with a finish

finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table

cause to finish a relationship with somebody

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