To bring to an end; arrive at the end of; complete by passing throughout the length or extent of: as, to finish a journey or an undertaking; to finish the day; to finish one's life.To bring to completion; complete by making or doing the last or final part of: as, to finish the reading of a book; to finish a task assigned; to finish a house.To put an end to; terminate the existence, opposition, etc., of; destroy: as, to finish an enemy by an overwhelming defeat; the last blow finished him.To complete and perfect in detail; elaborate carefully; put the final touches on, especially with reference to smoothing and polishing.To arrive at the end; stop.To come to an end; terminate; expire.n. The end or last part of any movement or progress; especially, the end of a race or competitive contest of any kind.n. The last work performed upon any object, whereby it is completed or perfected.n. Careful elaboration or its result; polish: as, the finish of a work of art, a poem, or a piece of cloth; to put a fine finish on anything, or to give it an exquisite finish; finish in deportment.n. The last hard, smooth coat of plaster on a wall: commonly called hard-finish.n. In building, all those parts of the work which are not essential to the structure but are intended to give elegance of appearance or neatness within, or such smoothness of surface as makes it easily cleaned.