FINISHED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does finished mean? 

• FINISHED (adjective)
  The adjective FINISHED has 5 senses:

1. (of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state

2. ended or brought to an end

3. (of skills or the products of skills) brought to or having the greatest excellence; perfected

4. having a surface coating or finish applied

5. brought to ruin

  Familiarity information: FINISHED used as an adjective is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FINISHED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state

Context example:

a finished product

Similar:

dressed; polished ((of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth)

fattened ((of market animals) made ready for market)

fattening (subject to or used in the process of finishing or fattening up for slaughter)

Also:

painted (coated with paint)

processed (prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process)

smooth (having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities)

Antonym:

unfinished (not brought to the desired final state)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Ended or brought to an end

Context example:

gave me the finished manuscript

Similar:

all over; complete; concluded; ended; over; terminated (having come or been brought to a conclusion)

out-of-the-way; out of the way (dealt with; disposed of)

done; through; through with (having finished or arrived at completion)

done with; through with (having no further concern with)

fin-de-siecle; fin de siecle (relating to or characteristic of the end of a century (especially the end of the 19th century))

up (used up)

Antonym:

unfinished (not brought to an end or conclusion)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(of skills or the products of skills) brought to or having the greatest excellence; perfected

Context example:

a finished violinist

Similar:

polished (perfected or made shiny and smooth)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Having a surface coating or finish applied

Context example:

the finished bookcase costs much more than the unfinished ones

Similar:

painted (coated with paint)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Brought to ruin

Synonyms:

finished; ruined

Context example:

the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically

Similar:

destroyed (spoiled or ruined or demolished)

 Context examples 

And what did your wife do when she finished speaking to her maid?

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If they come to arrest me before I have finished my story, make them give me time, so that I may tell you the whole truth.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Keesh finished sucking a marrow-bone and rose to his feet.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

He looked murder out of the only eye he could see with when we had finished, but he listened to reason and gave up the papers.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He sat back on the bed with a bitter laugh, and finished taking off his shoes.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The Ghost swung around into the wind, and I finished my work forward in time to run aft and lend a hand with the mainsheet.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I have been adopted by an aunt down in that part of the country, and have just finished my education there.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The spring of the year was at hand when Grey Beaver finished his long journey.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

But when Buck finished his ration and returned, he found his nest occupied.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

"Come in. My work is finished, and I am free. I can go with you now, if you like.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)