v.
    - bring or come to an end. 
▸consume or get through the whole or the remainder of (food or drink).
 ▸reach the end of a race or other sporting competition.
 ▸
(finish up)
 chiefly Brit. end by doing something or being in a particular position.
 ▸
(finish someone off)
 kill or comprehensively defeat someone.
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(finish with)
 have no more need for. 
▸Brit. end a relationship with.
 - complete the manufacture or decoration of (something) by giving it an attractive surface appearance. 
▸complete the fattening of (livestock) before slaughter.
 - dated prepare (a girl) for entry into fashionable society.
 
n.
  - an end or final stage. 
▸the place at which a race or competition ends.
 - the manner in which a manufactured article is finished. 
▸the surface appearance of a manufactured article.
 ▸the final taste impression of a wine or beer.
 
 
  Phrase
  
    
      - to the finish
 until the complete defeat of one of the participants. 
    
   
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. feniss-, lengthened stem of fenir, from L. finire, from finis ‘end’.