finishing

  • 1Finishing — Fin ish*ing, 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… …

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  • 2finishing — finishing; pho·to·finishing; …

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  • 3Finishing — Fin ish*ing, n. The act or process of completing or perfecting; the final work upon or ornamentation of a thing. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 4Finishing — is the procedure that some single malt Scotch whisky undergoes whereby the spirit is matured in a cask of a particular origin and then spends time in a cask of different origin. Typically, the first cask is an American oak cask formerly used to… …

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  • 5Finishing — Finishing, der englische Ausdruck für die Schlußoperationen der Appreturverfahren (s. Appretur) …

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  • 6finishing — index conclusive (settled), extreme (last), final, last (final) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …

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  • 7finishing — fin·ish·ing || fɪnɪʃɪŋ adj. completing, concluding, pertaining to completion; ending; terminating n. terminating, ending; bringing to an end; destroying; defeating; completing, perfecting; polishing; act of adding the finishing touches… …

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  • 8finishing — noun 1. a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance) (Freq. 1) 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 •… …

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  • 9Finishing — Finish Fin ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Finished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Finishing}.] [F. finir (with a stem finiss in several forms, whence E. ish: see ish.),fr. L. finire to limit, finish, end, fr. finis boundary, limit, end; perh. for fidnis, and akin …

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  • 10finishing — noun a) the act of completing something That guys a slow and lazy player, but hes got excellent finishing b) shooting ability …

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