'End' definitions:

Definition of 'end'

From: WordNet
noun
Either extremity of something that has length; "the end of the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode to the end of the line"; "the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix" [syn: end, terminal]
noun
The point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period" [syn: end, ending] [ant: beginning, commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, middle, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time]
noun
The concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie" [syn: end, last, final stage]
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The state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it; "the ends justify the means" [syn: goal, end]
noun
A final part or section; "we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus"; "Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end" [ant: beginning, middle]
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A final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end" [syn: end, destruction, death]
noun
The surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object; "one end of the box was marked `This side up'"
noun
(football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage; "the end managed to hold onto the pass"
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A boundary marking the extremities of something; "the end of town"
noun
One of two places from which people are communicating to each other; "the phone rang at the other end"; "both ends wrote at the same time"
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The part you are expected to play; "he held up his end"
noun
The last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..." [syn: conclusion, end, close, closing, ending]
noun
A piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold [syn: end, remainder, remnant, oddment]
noun
(American football) a position on the line of scrimmage; "no one wanted to play end"
verb
Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" [syn: end, stop, finish, terminate, cease] [ant: begin, start]
verb
Bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" [syn: end, terminate] [ant: begin, commence, get, get down, lead off, set about, set out, start, start out]
verb
Be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie" [syn: end, terminate]
verb
Put an end to; "The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived"

Definition of 'End'

From: GCIDE
  • End \End\ ([e^]nd), n. [OE. & AS. ende; akin to OS. endi, D. einde, eind, OHG. enti, G. ende, Icel. endir, endi, Sw. [aum]nde, Dan. ende, Goth. andeis, Skr. anta. [root]208. Cf. Ante-, Anti-, Answer.]
  • 1. The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part; termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line, pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end to pain; -- opposed to beginning, when used of anything having a first part. [1913 Webster]
  • Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof. --Eccl. vii. 8. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion; issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event; consequence. [1913 Webster]
  • My guilt be on my head, and there an end. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • O that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction. [1913 Webster]
  • Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • Confound your hidden falsehood, and award Either of you to be the other's end. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • I shall see an end of him. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The object aimed at in any effort considered as the close and effect of exertion; ppurpose; intention; aim; as, to labor for private or public ends. [1913 Webster]
  • Losing her, the end of living lose. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • When every man is his own end, all things will come to a bad end. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap; as, odds and ends. [1913 Webster]
  • I clothe my naked villainy With old odd ends stolen out of holy writ, And seem a saint, when most I play the devil. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Carpet Manuf.) One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet. [1913 Webster]
  • An end. (a) On end; upright; erect; endways. --Spenser (b) To the end; continuously. [Obs.] --Richardson.
  • End bulb (Anat.), one of the bulblike bodies in which some sensory nerve fibers end in certain parts of the skin and mucous membranes; -- also called end corpuscles.
  • End fly, a bobfly.
  • End for end, one end for the other; in reversed order.
  • End man, the last man in a row; one of the two men at the extremities of a line of minstrels.
  • End on (Naut.), bow foremost.
  • End organ (Anat.), the structure in which a nerve fiber ends, either peripherally or centrally.
  • End plate (Anat.), one of the flat expansions in which motor nerve fibers terminate on muscular fibers.
  • End play (Mach.), movement endwise, or room for such movement.
  • End stone (Horol.), one of the two plates of a jewel in a timepiece; the part that limits the pivot's end play.
  • Ends of the earth, the remotest regions of the earth.
  • In the end, finally. --Shak.
  • On end, upright; erect.
  • To the end, in order. --Bacon.
  • To make both ends meet, to live within one's income. --Fuller.
  • To put an end to, to destroy. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'End'

From: GCIDE
  • End \End\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ended; p. pr. & vb. n. Ending.]
  • 1. To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to terminate; as, to end a speech. "I shall end this strife." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • On the seventh day God ended his work. --Gen. ii. 2. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To form or be at the end of; as, the letter k ends the word back. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To destroy; to put to death. "This sword hath ended him." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • To end up, to lift or tilt, so as to set on end; as, to end up a hogshead. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'End'

From: GCIDE
  • End \End\, v. i. To come to the ultimate point; to be finished; to come to a close; to cease; to terminate; as, a voyage ends; life ends; winter ends. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'End'

From: Easton
  • End in Heb. 13:7, is the rendering of the unusual Greek word _ekbasin_, meaning "outcome", i.e., death. It occurs only elsewhere in 1 Cor. 10:13, where it is rendered "escape."

Synonyms of 'end'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'End'