finish finishing | the act of finishing, his best finish in a major tournament was third, the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause |
onychophoran velvet worm peripatus | any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms |
velvet ant | a solitary wasp of the family Mutillidae, the body has a coat of brightly colored velvety hair and the females are wingless |
finish coat finishing coat | the final coating of plaster applied to walls and ceilings, we can't paint until they put on the finishing coat |
finish coat finishing coat | the final coat of paint |
velvet | a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back |
coating finish finishing | a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance), the boat had a metallic finish, he applied a coat of a clear finish, when the finish is too thin it is difficult to apply evenly |
finish | (wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed), the wine has a nutty flavor and a pleasant finish |
ending conclusion finish | event whose occurrence ends something, his death marked the ending of an era, when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show |
finish | the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict), booze will be the finish of him, it was a fight to the finish |
finish | designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race), excitement grew as the finish neared, my horse was several lengths behind at the finish, the winner is the team with the most points at the finish |
photo finish | in general, any very close finish, in particular, a finish of a race in which the contestants are so close together that the winner must be determined from a photograph taken at the instant of finishing |
second-place finish runner-up finish | a finish in second place (as in a race) |
third-place finish | a finish in third place (as in a race) |
first-place finish | a finish in first place (as in a race) |
finish destination goal | the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey), a crowd assembled at the finish, he was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view |
finishing line finish line | a line indicating the location of the finish of a race |
love-lies-bleeding velvet flower tassel flower Amaranthus caudatus | young leaves widely used as leaf vegetables, seeds used as cereal |
velvet plant purple velvet plant royal velvet plant Gynura aurantiaca | Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs |
velvet bent velvet bent grass brown bent Rhode Island bent dog bent Agrostis canina | common grass with slender stems and narrow leaves |
velvet grass Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus | tall European perennial grass having a velvety stem, naturalized in United States and used for forage |
mascarene grass Korean velvet grass Zoysia tenuifolia | Asiatic creeping perennial grass, introduced in southern United States as a droughtesistant lawn grass |
velvetleaf velvet-leaf velvetweed Indian mallow butter-print China jute Abutilon theophrasti | tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber, naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States |
tree mallow velvetleaf velvet-leaf Lavatera arborea | arborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowers, southwestern United States |
cowage velvet bean Bengal bean Benghal bean Florida bean Mucuna pruriens utilis Mucuna deeringiana Mucuna aterrima Stizolobium deeringiana | the annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods, cultivated in southern United States for green manure and grazing |
common osier hemp willow velvet osier Salix viminalis | willow with long flexible twigs used in basketry |
staghorn sumac velvet sumac Virginian sumac vinegar tree Rhus typhina | deciduous shrubby tree or eastern North America with compound leaves that turn brilliant red in fall and dense panicles of greenish yellow flowers followed by crimson acidic berries |
mullein flannel leaf velvet plant | any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers |
polish refinement culture cultivation finish | a highly developed state of perfection, having a flawless or impeccable quality, they performed with great polish, I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose, almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art--Joseph Conrad |
stopping point finale finis finish last conclusion close | the temporal end, the concluding time, the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell, the market was up at the finish, they were playing better at the close of the season |
finish | cause to finish a relationship with somebody, That finished me with Mary |
finish up land up fetch up end up wind up finish | finally be or do something, He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart, he wound up being unemployed and living at home again |
complete finish | come or bring to a finish or an end, He finished the dishes, She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree, The fastest runner finished the race in just over hours, others finished in over hours |
get through wrap up finish off mop up polish off clear up finish up | finish a task completely, I finally got through this homework assignment |
round out finish out | fill out, These studies round out the results of many years of research |
eat up finish polish off | finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table, She polished off the remaining potatoes |
finish | provide with a finish, The carpenter finished the table beautifully, this shirt is not finished properly |
end stop d finish terminate cease d | have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense, either spatial or metaphorical, the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed, Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other, My property ends by the bushes, The symphony ends in a pianissimo |
velvet velvety | resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface |
velvet velvety velvet-textured | smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste |
from start to finish | completely |