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end1       [end] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.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.
2.a point, line, or limitation that indicates the full extent, degree, etc., of something; limit; bounds: kindness without end; to walk from end to end of a city.
3.a part or place at or adjacent to an extremity: at the end of the table; the west end of town.
4.the furthermost imaginable place or point: an island at the very end of the world.
5.termination; conclusion: The journey was coming to an end.
6.the concluding part: The end of her speech had to be cut short because of time.
7.an intention or aim: to gain one's ends.
8.the object for which a thing exists; purpose: The happiness of the people is the end of government.
9.an outcome or result: What is to be the end of all this bickering?
10.termination of existence; death: He met a horrible end.
11.a cause of death, destruction, or ruin: Another war would be the end of civilization.
12.a remnant or fragment: mill end; ends and trimmings.
13.a share or part in something: He does his end of the job very well.
14.Textiles. a warp thread running vertically and interlaced with the filling yarn in the woven fabric.
15.Football.
a.either of the linemen stationed farthest from the center.
b.the position played by this lineman.
16.Archery. the number of arrows to be shot by a competitor during one turn in a match.
17.Cricket. a wicket, esp. the one where the batsman is taking a turn.
18.a unit of a game, as in curling or lawn bowling.
19.Kantianism. any rational being, regarded as worthy to exist for its own sake.
20.either half of a domino.
21.Knots. the part of a rope, beyond a knot or the like, that is not used.
22.the end, Slang. the ultimate; the utmost of good or bad: His stupidity is the end.
–verb (used with object)
23.to bring to an end or conclusion: We ended the discussion on a note of optimism.
24.to put an end to; terminate: This was the battle that ended the war.
25.to form the end of: This passage ends the novel.
26.to cause the demise of; kill: A bullet through the heart ended him.
27.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)
28.to come to an end; terminate; cease: The road ends at Rome.
29.to issue or result: Extravagance ends in want.
30.to reach or arrive at a final condition, circumstance, or goal (often fol. by up): to end up in the army; to end as a happy person.
–adjective
31.final or ultimate: the end result.
—Idioms
32.at loose ends, without an occupation or plans; unsettled; uncertain: He spent two years wandering about the country at loose ends.
33.at one's wit's end, at the end of one's ideas or mental resources; perplexed: I'm at my wit's end with this problem. Also, at one's wits' end.
34.end for end, in reverse position; inverted: The cartons were turned end for end.
35.end on, with the end next to or facing: He backed the truck until it was end on with the loading platform.
36.end to end, in a row with ends touching: The pipes were placed end to end on the ground.
37.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.
38.in the end, finally; after all: In the end they shook hands and made up.
39.keep or hold one's end up, to perform one's part or share adequately: The work is demanding, but he's holding his end up.
40.make an end of, to conclude; stop: Let's make an end of this foolishness and get down to work.
41.make ends meet, to live within one's means: Despite her meager income, she tried to make ends meet. Also, make both ends meet.
42.no end, Informal. very much or many: They were pleased no end by the warm reception.
43.on end,
a.having the end down; upright: to stand a box on end.
b.continuously; successively: They talked for hours on end.
44.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.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME, OE ende; c. OFris enda, MD e(i)nde, OS endi, OHG anti, G Ende, ON endi(r), Goth andeis end < Gmc *anthjá-; akin to Skt ánta- end]

—Related forms
ender, noun

—Synonyms 4. tip, bound, limit, terminus. 5. End, close, conclusion, finish, outcome refer to the termination of something. End implies a natural termination or completion, or an attainment of purpose: the end of a day, of a race; to some good end. Close often implies a planned rounding off of something in process: the close of a conference. Conclusion suggests a decision or arrangement: All evidence leads to this conclusion; the conclusion of peace terms. Finish emphasizes completion of something begun: a fight to the finish. Outcome suggests the issue of something that was in doubt: the outcome of a game. 7. See aim.
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end2       [end] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object) British Dialect.
to put wheat, hay, or other grain into a stack or barn.
[Origin: 1600–10; perh. var. of dial. in to harvest (OE innian to lodge, put up). See inn]
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end.
endorsed.
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end       (ěnd)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Either extremity of something that has length: the end of the pier.
  2. The outside or extreme edge or physical limit; a boundary: the end of town.
  3. The point in time when an action, an event, or a phenomenon ceases or is completed; the conclusion: the end of the day.
  4. A result; an outcome.
  5. Something toward which one strives; a goal. See Synonyms at intention.
  6. The termination of life or existence; death: "A man awaits his end/Dreading and hoping all" (William Butler Yeats).
  7. The ultimate extent; the very limit: the end of one's patience.
  8. Slang The very best; the ultimate: This pizza's the end.
  9. A remainder; a remnant.
    1. A share of a responsibility or obligation: your end of the bargain.
    2. A particular area of responsibility: in charge of the business end of the campaign.
    3. Either of the players in the outermost position on the line of scrimmage.
    4. The position played by such a player.
  11. Football
    1. Either of the players in the outermost position on the line of scrimmage.
    2. The position played by such a player.

v.   end·ed, end·ing, ends

v.   tr.
  1. To bring to a conclusion.
  2. To form the last or concluding part of: the song that ended the performance.
  3. To destroy: ended our hopes.

v.   intr.
  1. To come to a finish; cease. See Synonyms at complete.
  2. To arrive at a place, situation, or condition as a result of a course of action. Often used with up: He ended up as an advisor to the president. The painting ended up being sold for a million dollars.
  3. To die.


[Middle English ende, from Old English; see ant- in Indo-European roots.]

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end 
O.E. ende, from P.Gmc. *andja (cf. O.Fris. enda, O.N. endir, O.H.G. enti), originally "the opposite side," from PIE *antjo "end, boundary," from base anta-/*anti- "opposite, in front of, before" (see ante). Original sense of "outermost part" is obsolete except in phrase ends of the earth. Sense of "destruction, death" was in O.E. Meaning "division or quarter of a town" was in O.E. The verb is from O.E. endian. The end "the last straw, the limit" (in a disparaging sense) is from 1929. The phrase end run is first attested 1902 in U.S. football; extended to military tactics in World War II; general fig. sense is from 1968. End time in ref. to the end of the world is from 1917. Be-all and end-all is from Shakespeare ("Macbeth" I.vii.5).
"Worldly wealth he cared not for, desiring onely to make both ends meet." [1662]

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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end

noun
1. 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" 
2. the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period" [ant: beginning, middle] 
3. the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie" 
4. 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] 
5. 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] 
6. a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end" 
7. the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object; "one end of the box was marked 'This side up'" 
8. (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage; "the end managed to hold onto the pass" 
9. a boundary marking the extremities of something; "the end of town" 
10. 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" 
11. the part you are expected to play; "he held up his end" 
12. the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..." [syn: conclusion] 
13. a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold 
14. (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage; "no one wanted to play end" 

verb
1. 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" [ant: begin] 
2. 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" [ant: begin] 
3. be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie" 
4. put an end to; "The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived" 

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In addition to the idioms beginning with end, also see 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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West End-Cobb Town, AL (CDP, FIPS 81084) Location: 33.64816 N, 85.87122 W
Population (1990): 4034 (1629 housing units)
Area: 13.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

West End, NC Zip code(s): 27376

West End, VA Zip code(s): 23230

West End, NY (CDP, FIPS 79796) Location: 42.46857 N, 75.09415 W
Population (1990): 1825 (845 housing units)
Area: 9.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
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End\, n. [OE. & AS. ende; akin to OS. endi, D. einde, eind, OHG. enti, G. ende, Icel. endir, endi, Sw. ["a]nde, Dan. ende, Goth. andeis, Skr. anta. ????. 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.

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof. --Eccl. vii. 8.

2. Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion; issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event; consequence.

My guilt be on my head, and there an end. --Shak.

O that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come! --Shak.

3. Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction.

Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end. --Pope.

Confound your hidden falsehood, and award Either of you to be the other's end. --Shak.

I shall see an end of him. --Shak.

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.

Losing her, the end of living lose. --Dryden.

When every man is his own end, all things will come to a bad end. --Coleridge.

5. That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap; as, odds and ends.

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.

6. (Carpet Manuf.) One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.

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.

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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.

On the seventh day God ended his work. --Gen. ii. 2.

2. To form or be at the end of; as, the letter k ends the word back.

3. To destroy; to put to death. "This sword hath ended him." --Shak.

To end up, to lift or tilt, so as to set on end; as, to end up a hogshead.

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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.

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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."

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