Synonyms:
coating, finish, finishing
Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
It was Mollie who put the finishing touches to most of the little gifts.
When, duller than our dulness, The busy darling lay, So busy was she, finishing, So leisurely were we!
As he was finishing it the guinea pigs lit some Arabian incense, which gradually filled the room with clouds of blue vapour.
On the very afternoon when Nora and Belle had their falling out, Julia, after finishing her practising, had gone for a walk.
The final battle of the Soudanese campaign, Khartoum, put the finishing touches to the rebellion, and gave to Kitchener the title "K. of K."--Kitchener of Khartoum.
They must almost be AEschylus or Euripides, Goethe or Moliere, in order that I may not feel after finishing them a sense of virtuous pride in having achieved a task.
"Well, then, now begin," said Phronsie, looking down on the faces with an air as much like Mr. King's as was possible, and finishing up with two or three little nods.
He was having an extra bout of work finishing another of those dreadful books, and had been away practically continually the last few weeks, and was away when she left.
This is, of course, mainly a parent's problem and is best solved by resorting to the following formula: Let A and B represent two young girls' finishing schools in the East.
In this condition, he felt more incapable of finishing the Memorial than ever; and the harder he worked at it, the oftener that unlucky head of King Charles the First got into it.