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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FIN'ISHED, pp.
1. Completed; ended; done; perfected.
2. a. Complete; perfect; polished to the highest degree of excellence; as a finished poem; a finished education.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state; "a finished product" [ant: unfinished]
2: ended or brought to an end; "are you finished?"; "gave me the finished manuscript" [ant: unfinished]
3: (of skills or the products of skills) brought to or having the greatest excellence; perfected; "a dazzling and finished piece of writing"; "a finished violinist"
4: having a surface coating or finish applied; "the finished bookcase costs much more than the unfinished ones"
5: brought to ruin; "after the revolution the aristocracy was finished"; "the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically" [syn: finished, ruined]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1693 marked by the highest quality ; consummate <finished workmanship>

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Finish Fin"ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Finished; p. pr. & vb. n. Finishing.] [F. finir (with a stem finiss- in several forms, whence E. -ish: see -ish.),fr. L. finire to limit, finish, end, fr. finis boundary, limit, end; perh. for fidnis, and akin findere to cleave, E. fissure.] 1. To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate. And heroically hath finished A life heroic. --Milton. 2. To bestow the last required labor upon; to complete; to bestow the utmost possible labor upon; to perfect; to accomplish; to polish. Syn: To end; terminate; close; conclude; complete; accomplish; perfect.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Finished Fin"ished, a. Polished to the highest degree of excellence; complete; perfect; as, a finished poem; a finished education. Finished work (Mach.), work that is made smooth or polished, though not necessarily completed.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Someone who is finished with something is no longer doing it or dealing with it or is no longer interested in it. One suspects he will be finished with boxing. ADJ: v-link ADJ with n 2. Something that is finished no longer exists or is no longer happening. I go back on the dole when the shooting season's finished. = over ADJ: v-link ADJ 3. Someone or something that is finished is no longer important, powerful, or effective. Her power over me is finished... He confessed: 'I thought I was finished.' ADJ: v-link ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Completed, complete, perfect. 2. Polished, perfected, elegant, highly wrought. 3. Experienced, practised, qualified, accomplished, thorough-bred, able, proficient.

Moby Thesaurus

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