semifinal
tie
standoff
draw
grandstand finish
photo finish
dead heat
cliffhanger
-athlon
net
quarterfinal
put to bed
run-in
booby prize
big final
victory
rubber match
triumph
Big Dance
lanterne rouge
cup final
final
farewell
finish
closing
small final
fight to the finish
A final
tie up
bind off
upsolve
semiclosed
head-to-head
neck and neck
nip and tuck
wooden spoon
championship
quarter
telo-
licking
defeat
playoff
decision
aftertaste
last four
edge out
heelpiece
axe
third-place finish
enclose
confine
finalist
semi
for keeps
ax
hold in
mop up
stopped
level
even
tied
tug-of-war
ahead
in the lead
pluriclosed
competition
home stretch
bubble position
only
leading
contest
destination
heat
quarters
terminally
goal
walloper
dead last
placing
walkover
jetsam
close
come out
close one's doors
postclosure
shut
turn out
granny
net
farewell
closing
semiclosed
head-to-head
neck and neck
nip and tuck
stopped
level
even
tied
ahead
in the lead
pluriclosed
leading
dead last
postclosure
for keeps
head-to-head
neck and neck
nip and tuck
only
terminally
semifinal
tie
standoff
draw
grandstand finish
photo finish
dead heat
cliffhanger
quarterfinal
run-in
booby prize
big final
victory
rubber match
triumph
Big Dance
lanterne rouge
cup final
final
finish
small final
fight to the finish
A final
wooden spoon
championship
quarter
licking
defeat
playoff
decision
aftertaste
last four
heelpiece
third-place finish
finalist
semi
tug-of-war
competition
home stretch
bubble position
contest
destination
heat
quarters
goal
walloper
placing
walkover
jetsam
granny
put to bed
draw
tie up
bind off
upsolve
edge out
axe
enclose
confine
ax
hold in
mop up
close
come out
close one's doors
shut
turn out
noun
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
- a social or business relationship
- equality of score in a contest
- a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating
- a fastener that serves to join or connect
- (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value
- one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
- a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied
verb
- fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- limit or restrict to
- connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
- form a knot or bow in
- create social or emotional ties
- perform a marriage ceremony
- make by tying pieces together
- unite musical notes by a tie
noun
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- a gully that is shallower than a ravine
- an entertainer who attracts large audiences
- anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
- a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage
- poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer
- the act of drawing or hauling something
verb
- cause to move by pulling
- get or derive
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
- take liquid out of a container or well
- give a description of
- select or take in from a given group or region
- elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
- suck in or take (air)
- move or go steadily or gradually
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- choose at random
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
- to obtain a liquid from somewhere
- write a legal document or paper
- engage in drawing
- move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
- allow a draft
- require a specified depth for floating
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- take in, also metaphorically
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- thread on or as if on a string
- stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
- pass over, across, or through
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- shrink
- reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
- steep; pass through a strainer
- remove the entrails of
- flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
- cause to localize at one point
suffix
adj
- Final; end.
- Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat.
- Remaining after expenses or deductions.
verb
- To form a netting or network; to knit.
- To yield as profit for.
- To enclose or cover with a net.
- To score (a goal).
- To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
- To catch by means of a net.
- To receive as profit.
- To fully hedge a position.
- To hit the ball into the net.
adv
noun
- A conductor that interconnects two or more component terminals.
- The amount remaining after expenses are deducted; profit.
- Any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form a given polyhedron.
- A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
- Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
- The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court).
- A mesh of string, cord or rope.
- A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them.
- A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
- A trap.
- A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
- A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
noun
noun
- The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined.
- A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
- A final examination taken at the end of the final year of an undergraduate course, which contributes towards a student's degree classification.
- The tonic or keynote of a Gregorian mode, and hence the final note of any conventional melody played in that mode.
- The final part of a syllable, the combination of medial and rime in phonetics and phonology.
adj
noun
- designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race)
- the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
- a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
- the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict)
- event whose occurrence ends something
- (wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed)
- the act of finishing
verb
verb
adj
adj
adv
noun
noun
- A quarterfinal.
- A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night.
- One's residence or dwelling-place; (in plural) rooms, lodgings, especially as allocated to soldiers or domestic staff.
- A region or place.
- The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.
- A quarter of an acre or 40 roods.
- Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part.
- A fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season.
- A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc.
- A section (of a population), especially one having a particular set of values or interests.
- Accommodation given to a defeated opponent; mercy; exemption from being killed.
- A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams.
- A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada.
- Each of four parts into which the earth or sky is divided, corresponding to the four cardinal points of the compass.
- A fourth part of a coat of arms, or the charge on it, larger than a canton and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
- A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard.
- A measure of capacity used chiefly for grain or coal, varying greatly in quantity by time and location.
- A fourth part of an hour; a period of fifteen minutes, especially with reference to the quarter before or after the hour.
- The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin.
- One of four equal periods into which a game is divided.
- A fourth part of a hundredweight.
verb
- To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
- To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
- To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
- To quartersaw.
adj
noun
verb
- To win a competition decisively.
- After they argued, it fell to me to talk to her and try to mop up.
- To get rid of (enemies) within a certain area.
- To clean up an area destroyed by a natural disaster or by violent activity.
- To pitch the final innings especially of a game that is no longer close.
- To consume or get rid of an excess of something.
- To finish something off; to apply a finishing touch
- To fix problems; to correct or repair.
- To clean up (liquid) with a mop, rag, sponge, or other cleaning device.
- To absorb the leftovers of a dish with bread etc., in order to eat them.
adj
- Having a stop; being closed at one end.
- In a well-pruned state.
- Made by complete closure of the organs in the mouth; said of certain consonants such as b, d, p, and t.
- Not moving, but not properly parked or berthed; said also of the occupants of such a vehicle.
- In the state resulting from having stopped.
adj
- of the score in a contest
- having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
- not showing abrupt variations
- being on a precise horizontal plane
- oriented at right angles to the plumb
verb
- aim at
- tear down so as to make flat with the ground
- make level or straight
- direct into a position for use
- talk frankly with; lay it on the line
- become level or even
noun
- a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
- a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- height above ground
- indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid
- a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line
- an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
- a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
adj
- of the score in a contest
- equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced
- symmetrically arranged
- occurring at fixed intervals
adv
- used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected
- in spite of; notwithstanding
- to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons
- to the full extent
noun
adj
- divisible by two
- being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with)
verb
adj
adv
prep_phrase
noun
- A preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race
- A condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate; oestrus.
- A hot spell.
- The output of a heating system.
- An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.
- One cycle of bringing metal to maximum temperature and working it until it is too cool to work further.
- The condition or quality of being hot.
- Heating system; a system that raises the temperature of a room or building.
- A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.
- A fastball.
- An undesirable amount of attention.
- A violent action unintermitted; a single effort.
- A stage in a competition, not necessarily a sporting one; a round.
- In omegaverse fiction, a cyclical period in which omegas experience an intense, sometimes irresistible biological urge to mate.
- One or more firearms.
- Thermal energy.
- The police.
verb
- To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
- To arouse, to excite (sexually).
- To become hotter.
- To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
- To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").
noun
- the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
- the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
- game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points
- a successful attempt at scoring
noun
- A bye or victory awarded to a competitor when a scheduled opponent fails to play a game.
- An easy victory; a walkaway.
- Someone easy to defeat.
- An ecological survey carried out by walking across and examining a piece of land.
- Someone who does not stand up for themself when mistreated; a doormat
- A horse race with only one entrant.
- A backbend combined with a handstand.
- A type of railroad passenger car seat, having reversible seat backs that can be moved across the seat to face either direction of travel
verb
- become closed
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
- come to a close
- complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement
- be priced or listed when trading stops
- engage at close quarters
- cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
- change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
- come together, as if in an embrace
- draw near
- bring together all the elements or parts of
- bar access to
- fill or stop up
- unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead
adj
- rigorously attentive; strict and thorough
- marked by fidelity to an original
- (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
- crowded
- lacking fresh air
- of textiles
- strictly confined or guarded
- confined to specific persons
- fitting closely but comfortably
- used of hair or haircuts
- giving or spending with reluctance
- inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
noun
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- the last section of a communication
- the concluding part of any performance
adj
- at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
- close in relevance or relationship
- not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
adv
verb
- result or end
- appear or become visible; make a showing
- be issued or published
- come out of
- drop out
- take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal
- make oneself visible; take action
- bulge outward
- to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
- be made known; be disclosed or revealed
- break out
verb
adj
verb
- result or end
- be shown or be found to be
- prove to be in the result or end
- produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery
- come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons
- bring forth
- put out or expel from a place
- come and gather for a public event
- outfit or equip, as with accessories
- turn outward
- cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
- get up and out of bed
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