finishedadj.
/ˈfɪnɪʃt/, U.S. /ˈfɪnᵻʃt/ 1. In senses of the verb: (a) brought to a conclusion, ended; (b) completed; (c) that has passed through the last process or stage of manufacture or elaboration.
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the world > action or operation > completing > [adjective] > completed
fullfremedOE
fulfilled1340
accomplished?1526
consummatea1527
perfected1552
consummated1565
fined1571
finished1582
full-summed1588
exact1633
completed1661
teleiotic1705
complete1731
the world > action or operation > completing > [adjective] > completed > of a process of manufacture, etc.
finished1582
worked up1884
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > having practical, operative, or constructive skill > skilfully made or wrought
craftyOE
well-wrought?c1225
broidenc1230
quaintc1300
craftily?c1335
craftiousc1400
hagherc1400
well-madec1475
artificial1490
well-framed1532
well-fashioned1542
crafted?1548
well-laboured1550
finished1582
well built1605
well-arted?1611
composeda1616
technical1656
affabrous1755
well-worked1865
technic1877
well-crafted1926
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [adjective] > come or brought to an end
past1340
consummatea1500
determined1581
finished1582
overpassed1582
overspent1597
ended1598
spent1609
expired1631
terminate1639
winded1642
petered-out1971
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 64 At leingth kept he silence, with finnished historye resting.
1682 T. Creech tr. Lucretius De natura rerum ii. 62 End their almost finisht race, and Dye.
1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. vii. 85 From the finished banquet now The wedding guests are gone.
1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. vii. 185 It is not an uncommon thing..to purchase a finished stove, take it to pieces, and use the..pieces as models.
1857 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 338 They most likely will not live to see the finished book.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 7 Rather the materials for a work..than a finished composition.
1887 Daily News 23 Nov. 2/7 Bleached and finished linens are in good request.
2. Consummate, perfect, accomplished.
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the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > expert, proficient, or versed
wiseOE
perfectc1350
expertc1374
pertc1390
complete1526
flesh-bred1548
exact1589
proficienta1593
traded1609
well (better, best) verseda1610
made-upa1616
thorough-paceda1628
elementeda1661
peevish1673
adept1698
finished1710
nap1862
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > perfect and complete
accomplisheda1460
complete1526
qualified1592
consummate1603
exact1633
finished1710
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 126. Lydia is a finished Coquet.
1721 J. Chamberlayne tr. B. Nieuwentyt Relig. Philosopher (new ed.) I. Pref. xxvii. p. xlii If not by finish'd Atheists, yet at least by unsettled and wavering Minds.
1831 Henslow Let. Darwin in C. Darwin Life & Lett. (1887) I. 167 Not in the supposition of your being a finished naturalist, but as amply qualified for collecting.
1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby I. iii. ii. 268 The finished gentleman.
c1850 Arabian Nights (Rtldg.) 236 He possessed a countenance of the most finishd beauty.
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