Word "FINISH" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)
Synonyms:
coating, finishing
Examples:
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

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
event whose occurrence ends something
Synonyms:
conclusion, ending
Examples:
when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
Synonyms:
eat up, polish off

Crossword Clues for FINISH

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Clue Source Date
___ homework, completion of assigned work over the summer that's a necessary activity for the last weekend before school
Cease heartless language The Telegraph Cryptic 22 Jul 2025
End up sounding foreign (6)
Complete description of Ugrian language is heard (6)
Said 'Foreigners are the end!' (6)
The finale allegedly sounds Scandinavian (6)
Come to the end: - the story
The shin, if broken, can mean the end (6)
It was the end of the race, we hear (6)
TV quiz show hosted by Roman Kemp and Sarah Greene, The _ Line (6)
Somewhat splendid conclusion? (6)
With 44-Down, go out with a bang ... or a hint to 16-, 21-, 29-, 34-, 46- and 54-Across New York Times 02 Apr 2025
Surface coating Wall Street Journal 29 Mar 2025
Angle brackets in the end
End Mirror Classic 18 Mar 2025
Close veneer (6)
Polish, though it doesn't sound like Polish
Polish nationalist abandons language
"Polish is a foreign language," you say (6)
'The language!' you say, 'Stop!' (6)
European loses heart in the end (6)
Comes in with the catch at the end
Polish maybe experiencing popularity, adopted by school The Times Cryptic 23 Jan 2025
Conclude it may be just a veneer (6)
Varnish smelt, perhaps, outside home The Telegraph Cryptic 17 Dec 2024
Sounding like Paavo Nurmi at the end of a race (6)
Come to an end, like a piece of fish? (6)
End somewhat showy (6)
Salmon perhaps goes round in the end (6)
Winning post made in Helsinki, we're told (6)
Stop heartless language (6) The Telegraph Cryptic 12 Nov 2024
Wrap up Wall Street Journal 04 Nov 2024
Satin, e.g.
The way in which the manufacture of an article is completed (6)
In having cod around, polish it off (6)
European losing new coat (6)
Stop sounding foreign (6)
Polish - or North European, one hears! (6)
Polish ___ or North European, one hears! (6)
Stop water creature around North Island (6)
Polish off spoken language (6)
Search about in, for polish (6)
Polish, perhaps, but not Polish by sound! (6)
"It's curtains for the foreigners," you say (6)
Rather delicate ending? (6)
Stop, end (6) Puzzler 27 Aug 2024
Conclude, stop The Times Concise 15 Aug 2024
Complete / Restricted? (... letters 2 and 4) Universal 09 Aug 2024
Conclude there are creatures swimming about in (6)
Complete a job Newsday 15 Jul 2024
For the finale, fish out a wind piece (6)
A veneer - that's all there is to it (6)
Conclusion The Telegraph Quick 13 Jun 2024
Stop using heartless language The Telegraph Cryptic 07 Jun 2024
Will delve about in, you conclude (6)
Perfect European language is losing its essence
The conclusion may appear to be somewhat delicate (6)
Listen to language's conclusion (6)
Photo _
Conclude, when you search about in
Polish language, as it's spoken
Said it's a foreign veneer
Conclude, when you delve about in
End Thomas Joseph 09 Apr 2024
In the end, delve about in
Complete Commuter 08 Mar 2024
Conclude a description of north European, we hear (6)
Wrap up seafood containing nickel
Wind up European, say (6)
End of Scandinavian, we hear (6)
End up sounding like someone from Scandinavia (6)
Perhaps carp about trendy ending (6) Puzzler Cryptic 17 Feb 2024
End up sounding like one from Helsinki (6)
End of Nordic in hearing (6)
Conclusion The Guardian Quick 16 Jan 2024
End, conclude
Comply with
Terminate, stop (6) Puzzler 22 Dec 2023
Complete wind up! (6)
The last coat of paint or touch of veneer; the aftertaste of beer or wine; polish and refinement in social graces; surface texture of cloth or wood; or, the end of a hunt or a race (6)
Northern European mentioned lacquer, for example (6)
Complete veneer
Sorta like a fish part? Wall Street Journal 01 Nov 2023
End, conclusion The Times Concise 19 Aug 2023
End spoken language The Times Cryptic 15 Jun 2023
Conclusion's heartless language The Telegraph Cryptic 13 Jun 2023
Cross the line, say New York Times 11 Jun 2023
Lacquer, e.g. New York Times 26 Mar 2023
Wind up LA Times Daily 11 Dec 2022
Close — texture The Guardian Quick 13 Aug 2022
Hot lust, perhaps, provided upsetting conclusion The Telegraph Toughie 11 Aug 2022
Perhaps Sturgeon's entertaining in conclusion
Reportedly from Northern Europe? Close! The Times Cryptic 29 Dec 2021
Polish, perhaps, is European language that's spoken
Bring to an end The Times Concise 20 Dec 2021
Come to an end The Telegraph Quick 15 Nov 2021
Complete language, bar one noun The Times Cryptic 10 Nov 2021
"Heart: Flatline to ___ Line," 2016 documentary about six cardiac patients participating in athletic events
Bring to a close Irish Times Simplex 06 Oct 2021
Bring to a close Irish Times Simplex 29 Sep 2021
Perfect surface texture
With 18-Across, symbolic goal The Washington Post 01 Sep 2021
With 18-Across, symbolic goal LA Times Daily 01 Sep 2021
Polish or north European language being heard The Telegraph Cryptic 26 Aug 2021
Representing Ulster in school cap Irish Times Crosaire 21 Jul 2021
Perhaps put polish on or polish off
Conclude, wind up Irish Times Simplex 31 May 2021
Death of European with no middle name
End up with European language lacking nuance initially
Conclusion The Sun Two Speed 04 Jan 2021
Swimmer stays popular in defeat The Sun Two Speed 04 Jan 2021
Bring to a close Irish Times Simplex 19 Dec 2020
By the sound of it, language perfect
Complete home: perhaps dab on the outside
Conclude The Telegraph Quick 07 Aug 2020
Representing Ulster in school cap Irish Times Crosaire 29 Jul 2020
Complete a race Newsday 27 May 2020
Polish European, by the sound of it? The Telegraph Cryptic 03 Mar 2020
Complete language, but no name
Heartless Scandinavian murder? The Telegraph Cryptic 08 Feb 2020
End of European country after a Nationalist defects
Polish off one of those produced in Europe, by the sound of it Irish Times Crosaire 30 Dec 2019
End Eugene Sheffer 20 Dec 2019
Sound of European torpedo The Telegraph Toughie 19 Nov 2019
Stop at home, having got in some Bass
Conclusion The Telegraph Quick 21 May 2019
End The Times Concise 02 May 2019
Ruin European language, remove trace of nativity
Complete language spoken? The Telegraph Cryptic 20 Jan 2019
Polish or another language that's heard The Telegraph Cryptic 29 Dec 2018
Coat with varnish or lacquer USA Today 02 Nov 2018
Search pockets in coat The Telegraph Toughie 05 Oct 2018
Polish off fish in batter Irish Times Crosaire 02 Jul 2018
School embracing popular conclusion The Telegraph Cryptic 27 May 2018
Curtains sort of OK?
Bit of fish on plate topped with garnish
Coat with varnish or lacquer
Close school during breaks
Polish off cod, say, outside home
Come to an end The Times Concise 14 Sep 2017
Complete course of Nordic language (spoken)
Angle enclosing home end
Carp about being elected, getting wind up?
End of a northern race is reported
Dress made by name-dropping European…
Polish, perhaps, or not, by the sound of it
Polish: spoken European language
Polish: spoken European language The Times Cryptic 25 Nov 2016
Polish nationals losing heart The Times Cryptic 18 Nov 2016
Polish nationals losing heart
End The Telegraph Quick 15 Oct 2016
End with 18 losing heart
Covering the heart of Nordic people in the end
Line at the track USA Today 25 Dec 2015
Conclude Irish Times Simplex 09 Nov 2015
Complete The Sun Two Speed 30 Oct 2015
End of home surrounded by halibut, perhaps? The Sun Two Speed 30 Oct 2015
Swimming boxing in the end
Cease The Telegraph Quick 03 Sep 2015
Pole leaving from a Nordic country's end point
Polish, perhaps — or not, by the sound of it
End, conclusion Irish Times Simplex 26 May 2015
End of European country after slaying of third king
Surface coating Thomas Joseph 22 Apr 2015
Perfect surface texture The Telegraph Cryptic 18 Apr 2015
Line at the track
Word with photo or storybook
Name dropping in this language? Polish maybe
Stop sounding European
Polish, or polish off
Marathoner's goal
Mop up
European heard in the end
Do away with, like a 1950s car feature?
Come to an end
Final furniture coat
Final furniture coat
Line at the track?
Maze goal
Wrap up
Polish off
Complete
Complete
Stain, for one
Wrap up
With 32-Across, use up completely
Polish off
Surface coating
Maze goal
Car coat?
Stopping point
Coating
Wood surface
Line at the track
Line at the track
Wind up
Polish off
Reportedly from Northern Europe? Close!
Complete language, bar one noun
Top coat
Kind of line
Close
End
Refinement in manners.
Termination.
Complete.
Perfection.
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