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exhaust, consume, eat or drink (up), use (up), devour, drain,
Colloq polish off: We finished the last of the beer last night.
4 Sometimes, finish off. kill, exterminate, annihilate, destroy,
get rid of, dispose of, dispatch or despatch, put an end to,
administer or deliver or give the coup de grƒce, bring down,
overcome, beat, defeat, conquer, best, worst, Colloq polish off,
terminate, Slang bump off, rub out, US waste, ice: The cavalry
finished off the last of the enemy. The contender was finished
in the third round. 5 Sometimes, finish up. conclude, close,
terminate, wind up, end, culminate: He goes straight home when
he finishes work. When will you finish? 6 Sometimes, finish up.
end up, settle: Where did you finish up after the party? 7
Sometimes, finish off. perfect, put the final touches on,
polish, put a finish on: He finishes fine furniture for a
living. 8 finish with. release, let go, have or be done with,
let loose, set free: I'll finish with you later, young man!
--n. 9 conclusion, termination, end, close, closing,
completion, culmination, ending, finale, Colloq winding up, US
wind-up: Tomorrow is the finish of the hunting season. 10
death, killing, annihilation, extermination, downfall,
destruction, defeat: A major catastrophe spelt the finish of
the dinosaurs. 11 polish, surface, texture: Just feel the
finish on this gunstock!
finite adj. limited, bounded, bound, restricted, delimited, numerable,
countable: It has been shown that there are a finite number of
grains of sand in the universe.
fire n. 1 flame(s), blaze; conflagration, holocaust, inferno: We
gathered round the roaring fire. 2 feeling, passion, ardour,
ardency, fervour, fervency, intensity, vigour, spirit, energy,
vim, vivacity, sparkle, animation, liveliness, verve, pep, ‚lan,
‚clat, dash, vitality, eagerness, enthusiasm, fever,
feverishness: I have never seen the role of Carmen performed
with such fire. 3 firing, fusillade, volley, barrage,
bombardment, salvo, cannonade, shelling, broadside, flak: The
fire from the guns shook the house. 4 hang fire. delay, be
delayed, be in abeyance, be suspended, be shelved, be put off,
be postponed, be up in the air, Colloq be put on hold, be (put)
on the back burner: The decision is hanging fire till tomorrow.
5 on fire. afire, burning, blazing, alight, aflame, flaming;
ardent, passionate, fervent, fervid, hot-blooded, intense,