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end
1[ end ]
noun
- the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
the end of a street;
the end of a rope.
kindness without end;
to walk from end to end of a city.
- a part or place at or adjacent to an extremity: the west end of town.
at the end of the table;
the west end of town.
- the furthermost imaginable place or point:
an island at the very end of the world.
The journey was coming to an end.
- the concluding part:
The end of her speech had to be cut short because of time.
- an intention or aim:
to gain one's ends.
- the object for which a thing exists; purpose:
The happiness of the people is the end of government.
- an outcome or result:
What is to be the end of all this bickering?
- termination of existence; death:
He met a horrible end.
- a cause of death, destruction, or ruin:
Another war would be the end of civilization.
- a remnant or fragment: ends and trimmings.
mill end;
ends and trimmings.
- a share or part in something:
He does his end of the job very well.
- Textiles. a warp thread running vertically and interlaced with the filling yarn in the woven fabric.
- Football.
- either of the linemen: stationed farthest from the center.
- the position played by this lineman.
- Archery. the number of arrows to be shot by a competitor during one turn in a match.
- Cricket. a wicket, especially the one where the batsman is taking a turn.
- a unit of a game, as in curling or lawn bowling.
- Kantianism. any rational being, regarded as worthy to exist for its own sake.
- either half of a domino.
- Knots. the part of a rope, beyond a knot or the like, that is not used.
- the end, Slang. the ultimate; the utmost of good or bad:
His stupidity is the end.
verb (used with object)
- to bring to an end or conclusion:
We ended the discussion on a note of optimism.
- to put an end to; terminate:
This was the battle that ended the war.
- to form the end of:
This passage ends the novel.
- to cause the demise of; kill:
A bullet through the heart ended him.
- to constitute the most outstanding or greatest possible example or instance of (usually used in the infinitive):
You just committed the blunder to end all blunders.
verb (used without object)
- to come to an end; terminate; cease:
The road ends at Rome.
- to issue or result:
Extravagance ends in want.
- to reach or arrive at a final condition, circumstance, or goal (often followed by up ): to end as a happy person.
to end up in the army;
to end as a happy person.
adjective
- final or ultimate:
the end result.
end
2[ end ]
verb (used with object)
- to put wheat, hay, or other grain into a stack or barn.
end-
3- variant of endo- before a vowel:
endameba.
end.
4abbreviation for
- endorsed.
-end
1end-
2combining_form
- a variant of endo-
end
3/ ɛnd /
noun
- the extremity of the length of something, such as a road, line, etc
- the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object
- the extreme extent, limit, or degree of something
- the most distant place or time that can be imagined
the ends of the earth
- the time at which something is concluded
- the last section or part
- ( as modifier ) finalterminalultimate
the end office
- a share or part
his end of the bargain
- often plural a remnant or fragment (esp in the phrase odds and ends )
- a final state, esp death; destruction
- the purpose of an action or existence
- sport either of the two defended areas of a playing field, rink, etc
- bowls curling a section of play from one side of the rink to the other
- American football a player at the extremity of the playing line; wing
- all ends uptotally or completely
- a sticky end informal.an unpleasant death
- at a loose end or at loose endswithout purpose or occupation
- at an endexhausted or completed
- at the end of the daySee day
- come to an endto become completed or exhausted
- end on
- with the end pointing towards one
- with the end adjacent to the end of another object
- go off the deep end informal.to lose one's temper; react angrily
- get one's end away slang.to have sexual intercourse
- in the endfinally
- keep one's end up
- to sustain one's part in a joint enterprise
- to hold one's own in an argument, contest, etc
- make ends meet or make both ends meetto spend no more than the money one has
- no end or no end of informal.(intensifier)
I had no end of work
- on end
- upright
- without pause or interruption
- the end informal.
- the worst, esp something that goes beyond the limits of endurance
- the best in quality
- the end of the roadthe point beyond which survival or continuation is impossible
- throw someone in at the deep endto put someone into a new situation, job, etc, without preparation or introduction
verb
- to bring or come to a finish; conclude
- to die or cause to die
- tr to surpass; outdo
a novel to end all novels
- end it all informal.to commit suicide
end
4/ ɛnd /
verb
- tr to put (hay or grain) into a barn or stack
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- ˈender, noun
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- end·er noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of end1
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Idioms and Phrases
- at loose ends, without an occupation or plans; unsettled; uncertain:
He spent two years wandering about the country at loose ends.
- at one's wit's end, at the end of one's ideas or mental resources; perplexed: Also at one's wits' end.
I'm at my wit's end with this problem.
- end for end, in reverse position; inverted:
The cartons were turned end for end.
- end on, with the end next to or facing:
He backed the truck until it was end on with the loading platform.
- end to end, in a row with ends touching:
The pipes were placed end to end on the ground.
- go off the deep end, Informal. to act in a reckless or agitated manner; lose emotional control:
She went off the deep end when she lost her job.
- in the end, finally; after all:
In the end they shook hands and made up.
- keep / hold one's end up, to perform one's part or share adequately:
The work is demanding, but he's holding his end up.
- make an end of, to conclude; stop:
Let's make an end of this foolishness and get down to work.
- make ends meet, to live within one's means: Also make both ends meet.
Despite her meager income, she tried to make ends meet.
- no end, Informal. very much or many:
They were pleased no end by the warm reception.
- on end,
- having the end down; upright:
to stand a box on end.
- continuously; successively:
They talked for hours on end.
- put an end to, to cause to stop; terminate; finish:
The advent of sound in motion pictures put an end to many a silent star's career.
- at the end of the day. at the end of the day ( def ).
More idioms and phrases containing end
- all's well that ends well
- at loose ends
- at one's wit's end
- be-all and end-all
- beginning of the end
- bitter end
- burn the candle at both ends
- can't see beyond the end of one's nose
- come to an end
- dead end
- go off the deep end
- hair stand on end
- hold one's end up
- in the end
- light at the end of the tunnel
- make ends meet
- never hear the end of
- odds and ends
- on end
- on the receiving end
- play both ends against the middle
- put an end to
- rear end
- short end (of the stick)
- tail end
- wrong end of the stick
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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