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Definition of finishing : 1. of Finish
2. Tending to complete or to render fit for the market or for use.
3. The act or process of completing or perfecting; the final work upon or ornamentation of a thing.

Synonyms:

close, refinement, cultivation, stopping point, finish, application, coat, finis, polish, coating, finale, culture, goal, conclusion, covering, destination

concluding, arriving, filling, executing, closing, achieving, fulfilling, ending, graduating, integrating, terminating, unifying, completing, culminating, consummating, accomplishing, finalizing

final, complete, terminal, last

ceasing, winding up, dying, passing away, exiting, expiring, wrapping up, passing on, halting, stopping, capping, checkmating, deceasing

Usage examples:

• At precisely this hour Billie, by rights, should have been putting the finishing touches on her make- up in a second- floor dressing- room at the Regal. - "A Damsel in Distress", Pelham Grenville Wodehouse.
• " It will add to the obligation," said Lucy, finishing the sentence in character. - "Love Me Little, Love Me Long", Charles Reade Edition: 10 Language: English.
• What a shame he died without finishing that Christmas story in Rolling Stones! - "The Haunted Bookshop", Christopher Morley.