the act of finishing; " his best finish in a major tournament was third"; " the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause"

of Finish

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

Tending to complete or to render fit for the market or for use.

Completing; giving a finish to. Finishing coat, the last coating of paint or of stucco.

Completing; perfecting.

Completion; perfection; last polish.

" All over but the shouting," someone said; " we're finishing up back there in the woods." – Tom Slade Motorcycle Dispatch Bearer by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

So the Cave- men had little trouble in finishing the chase. – The Later Cave-Men by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp

He was just finishing his coffee when the housekeeper came in and told him he was wanted on the telephone. – Okewood of the Secret Service by Valentine Williams

4. None of those who there had charge of robbing the Indians, and of finishing their destruction by their tyranny, had ever observed any order, but such disorder as might have been made by Lucifer; when they saw the copies, before the arrival of the new judges who were to execute them, it is said and believed that they had been warned of what was coming by those in Spain, who have till now encouraged their sins and violence. – Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings by Francis Augustus MacNutt

He is finishing up a case for the Municipal League. – Counsel for the Defense by Leroy Scott

There was no time for finishing the subject. – A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One by Thomas Frognall Dibdin

" To be weak- headed," I said, finishing his sentence. – A Day Of Fate by E. P. Roe

" I am going back to the Chinese to spend the rest of my life finishing Will's work. – Flash-lights from the Seven Seas by William L. Stidger Commentator: Bishop Francis J. McConnell

She would have kept up the screen of her " Femina," but Mrs. Cartwright, finishing off a row of her knitting, put it aside, and drew nearer to the girl. – The Disturbing Charm by Berta Ruck

God, through Evolution or otherwise, may still have finishing touches to add here and there, but already it is " all very good." – Natural Law in the Spiritual World by Henry Drummond

One night she actually fell into a sound sleep thus, and he, finishing his work, sat on and on, watching her, loath to disturb her. – The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories by Ethel M. Dell

Dolly was silent, finishing her luncheon. – The End of a Coil by Susan Warner

And as he was finishing she was thinking, " How I wish I might give something. – Quiet Talks on Service by S. D. Gordon

It was what is called a finishing- school. – Valerie by Frederick Marryat

It is used for lumber and particularly for inside finishing. – The Forests of Mount Rainier National Park by Grenville F. Allen

That evening she sat in Beata's garden, finishing her poem to Richard. – Beggars on Horseback by F. Tennyson Jesse

They were finishing off the wounded after a battle. – Harley Greenoak's Charge by Bertram Mitford

" I'm finishing the list of things I want Harriet to remember," explained Mrs. Horton. – Sunny Boy in the Big City by Ramy Allison White

The early moon hung on the white brow of a distant ridge, and Jean, finishing his pipe, was about to renew his fire and roll into his blankets, when a long, wailing howl floated across the valley. – The Whelps of the Wolf by George Marsh

I saw that it would be necessary to apply the finishing touch. – Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse