"finish off" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-finish off.wav [US] Forms: finishes off [present, singular, third-person], finishing off [participle, present], finished off [participle, past], finished off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} finish off (third-person singular simple present finishes off, present participle finishing off, simple past and past participle finished off)
  1. (transitive) To finish completely. Tags: transitive Synonyms: polish off Translations (to finish completely): довършвам (dovăršvam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), довърша (dovărša) [perfective] (Bulgarian), rematar (Catalan), gøre færdig (Danish), færdiggøre (Danish), achever (French), terminare (Italian), rifinire (Italian), fare fuori (Italian), wykańczać [imperfective] (Polish), wykończyć [perfective] (Polish), acabar com (Portuguese), termina (Romanian), definitiva (Romanian), desăvârși (Romanian), completa (Romanian), поко́нчить (pokónčitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), cabalear (Spanish), rematar (Spanish), arrematar (Spanish), fullfölja (Swedish), slutföra (note: about an action) (Swedish), ta slut på (note: about something consumable) (Swedish), докі́нчувати (dokínčuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), докінчи́ти (dokinčýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-finish_off-en-verb-KLuTZ9x9 Disambiguation of 'to finish completely': 98 0 2
  2. (transitive) To kill, to cause to die. Tags: transitive Translations (to kill): довършвам (dovăršvam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), довърша (dovărša) [perfective] (Bulgarian), gøre det af (med) (Danish), achever (French), erledigen (German), wykańczać [imperfective] (Polish), wykończyć [perfective] (Polish), прикончить (prikončitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ultimar (Spanish), acabar (Spanish), докі́нчувати (dokínčuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), докінчи́ти (dokinčýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), добива́ти (dobyváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), доби́ти (dobýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-finish_off-en-verb-m53ERx-X Categories (other): Death Disambiguation of Death: 19 76 4 Disambiguation of 'to kill': 24 76 0
  3. (ambitransitive, slang, sex) To bring to orgasm. Tags: ambitransitive, slang Translations (to bring to orgasm): свършвам (svăršvam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), свърша (svărša) [intransitive, perfective] (Bulgarian), terminer (French), doprowadzać do orgazmu [imperfective] (Polish), doprowadzić do orgazmu [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-finish_off-en-verb-7Mc6KQDw Categories (other): Sex, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 94 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 7 7 86 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 9 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 4 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 8 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 9 9 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 6 5 89 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 12 76 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 9 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 9 9 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 31 9 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 8 8 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 9 9 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 9 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 9 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 9 9 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 9 9 82 Topics: lifestyle, sex, sexuality Disambiguation of 'to bring to orgasm': 2 0 98

Inflected forms

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