finishing

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun finishing has 2 senses

finishing(n = noun.attribute) coating, finish - a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance); "the boat had a metallic finish"; "he applied a coat of a clear finish"; "when the finish is too thin it is difficult to apply evenly"

is a kind of decorativeness

has particulars: glaze, shoeshine

Derived form verb finish₄

finishing(n = noun.act) finish - the act of finishing; "his best finish in a major tournament was third"; "the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause"

has particulars: close, closing curtain, finale, finis

is a kind of closing, completion, culmination, mop up, windup

Derived form verb finish₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

finishing, n.

The act or process of completing or perfecting; the final work upon or ornamentation of a thing. [1913 Webster]

finishing, a.

Tending to complete or to render fit for the market or for use. [1913 Webster]

Finishing coat. (a) (Plastering) the final coat of plastering applied to walls and ceilings, usually white and rubbed smooth. (b) (Painting) The final coat of paint, usually differently mixed applied from the others. -- Finishing press, a machine for pressing fabrics. -- Finishing rolls (Iron Working), the rolls of a train which receive the bar from roughing rolls, and reduce it to its finished shape. Raymond.

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THESAURUS

finishing

ablation, absorption, assimilation, attrition, burning up, capping, close, closing, completing, completion, completive, completory, concluding, conclusion, conclusive, consummative, consummatory, consumption, crowning, culminating, culmination, culminative, depletion, digestion, drain, eating up, end, ending, erosion, exhaustion, expending, expenditure, final, finalizing, finish, fulfilling, full development, impoverishment, ingestion, last, maturation, maturity, perfecting, perfection, perfective, ripeness, rounding off, rounding out, spending, squandering, terminal, terminating, termination, terminative, terminus, topping off, ultimate, using up, wastage, waste, wastefulness, wasting away, wearing away, wearing down, windup