What is the meaning of finishing?

noun

• A decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance. )
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: coating, finish
• The act of finishing.
  • usage: "his best finish in a major tournament was third"; "the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause"
  • synonyms: finish

verb

• Come or bring to a finish or an end.
  • usage: "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours"
  • synonyms: complete, finish
• Finally be or do something.
  • usage: "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again"
  • synonyms: finish up, land up, fetch up, end up, wind up, finish
• Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
• Provide with a finish.
  • usage: "The carpenter finished the table beautifully"; "this shirt is not finished properly"
  • synonyms: finish
• Finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table.
  • usage: "She polished off the remaining potatoes"
  • synonyms: eat up, finish, polish off
• Cause to finish a relationship with somebody.
  • usage: "That finished me with Mary"
  • synonyms: finish