finishing

5 definitions • 11 examples

present participle of

to complete something or come to the end of an activity:

I'll call you when I've finished my homework.

Please place your questionnaire in the box when you're finished.

finish (something) with something She finished (the concert) with a song from her first album.

She finished second (= in second place) in the finals.

[ + -ing verb ] Have you finished reading that magazine?

be half-finished They've already run out of money and the building isn't even half-finished (= half of it has not been completed).

to end:

The meeting should finish around four o'clock.

The play finishes with a wedding.

to eat, drink, or use something completely so that none remains:

Make sure she finishes her dinner.

He finished his drink and left.

We finished (= ate all of) the pie last night.

If you finish something made of wood, you give it a last covering of paint, polish, or varnish so that it is ready to be used.