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finish
English
Etymology
From Middle English finishen, finisshen, finischen, from Old French finiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of finir, from Latin f?n?re, present active infinitive of f?ni?.
Pronunciation
- enPR: f?n'?sh, IPA(key): /?f?n??/
- Homophone: Finnish
Noun
finish (plural finishes)
- An end; the end of anything.
- A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces.
- The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth.
- A finishing touch; careful elaboration; polish.
- (sports) A shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal.
Translations
Verb
finish (third-person singular simple present finishes, present participle finishing, simple past and past participle finished)
- (transitive) To complete (something).
- (transitive) To apply a treatment to (a surface or similar).
- (transitive) To change an animal's food supply in the months before it is due for slaughter, with the intention of fattening the animal.
- (intransitive) To come to an end.
- (transitive) To put an end to; to destroy.
- These rumours could finish your career.
- (intransitive) To reach orgasm.
Usage notes
- (transitive, to complete): This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (the -ing form). See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Antonyms
- (to complete): initiate, begin, start
Derived terms
- nice guys finish last
Translations
Related terms
- finish line
- finishing school
Anagrams
- fishin'
Danish
Etymology
From English finish.
Noun
finish c (singular definite finishen, not used in plural form)
- (the appearance after) fine-tuning, finishing touch
- finish (a spectacular end in a race or a competition)
Further reading
- “finish” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?.n??/
- Hyphenation: fi?nish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English finish.
Noun
finish m (uncountable)
- finish; end
Derived terms
- finishlijn
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
finish
- first-person singular present indicative of finishen
- imperative of finishen
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cheat
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?i?t/
- Rhymes: -i?t
Etymology 1
From Middle English cheten, an aphetic variant of acheten, escheten, from Old French escheoiter, from the noun (see below). Displaced native Old English beswican.
Verb
cheat (third-person singular simple present cheats, present participle cheating, simple past and past participle cheated)
- (intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation.
- Synonym: break the rules
- (intransitive) To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner.
- (transitive) To manage to avoid something even though it seemed inevitable.
- (transitive) To deceive; to fool; to trick.
- Synonyms: belirt, blench, lirt
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English chete, an aphetic form of eschete, escheat (“the reversion of property to the state if there are no legal claimants”), from Anglo-Norman escheat, Old French eschet, escheit, escheoit (“that which falls to one”), from the past participle of eschoir (“to fall”) (modern French échoir), from Vulgar Latin *excad?, from Latin ex + cad? (“I fall”).
Noun
cheat (plural cheats)
- Someone who cheats.
- Synonym: (informal) cheater
- An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception.
- Synonyms: fraud, trick, imposition, imposture
- The weed cheatgrass.
- (card games) A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.
- Synonyms: bullshit, BS, I doubt it
- (video games) A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game, often by entering a cheat code.
- 1992, Phil Howard, Cheat Mode (in Amstrad Action issue 76, January 1992, page 32)
- I've had a number of requests for a cheat for Turrican the first. Yes, there is a keypress built in […]
- 1992, Phil Howard, Cheat Mode (in Amstrad Action issue 76, January 1992, page 32)
Synonyms
- double play
Translations
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? French: cheat
- ? German: Cheat
Further reading
- cheat (game) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- 'tache, Tache, Taché, Teach, Tâche, chate, he-cat, tache, teach, theca
French
Etymology
English cheat
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?it/
Noun
cheat m (plural cheats)
- (video games) cheat
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