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Fining
- verb - issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty; "I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street"; "Move your car or else you will be ticketed!"
Finish
- noun - (wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed); "the wine has a nutty flavor and a pleasant finish"
- 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"
- a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad
- cause to finish a relationship with somebody; "That finished me with Mary"
- come or bring to a finish or an end; "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours"
- designated event that conclude
Finite
- adjective - bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent
- of verbs; relating to forms of the verb that are limited in time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and person
Firing
- verb - bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery"
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
- cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet"
- destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
- drive out or away by or as if by fire; "The soldiers were fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism"
- go off or discharge; "The gun fired"
- provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace"
- start firing a weapon
- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position;
- the act of discharging a gun
- the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
- the act of setting something on fire
- the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
Fixing
- noun - (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
- restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
- the act of putting something in working order again
- the sterilization of an animal; "they took him to the vet for neutering"
Fixity
- noun - the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
- the quality of being incapable of mutation; "Darwin challenged the fixity of species"
Gibing
- verb -
- laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker"
Giving
- verb - accord by verdict; "give a decision for the plaintiff"
- afford access to; "the door opens to the patio"; "The French doors give onto a terrace"
- allow to have or take; "I give you two minutes to respond"
- be flexible under stress of physical force; "This material doesn't give"
- be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
- bestow, especially officially; "grant a degree"; "give a divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights"
- bestow; "give homage"; "render thanks"
- break down, literally or metaphorically;
- bring about; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"
- cause to happen or be responsible for; "His two singles gave the team the victory"
- cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense; "She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold"
- consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man; "She gave herself to
Hiding
- verb - be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety; "Probably his horse would be close to where he was hiding"; "She is hiding out in a cabin in Montana"
- cover as if with a shroud; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery"
- Given a beating as in assaulted: the boy was given a good hiding when he was caught stealing
- make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"
- prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money"
- the activity of keeping something secret
- the state of being hidden; "he went into hiding"
Hieing
- unknown - To go quickly; hasten.