the end
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.
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, especially 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.
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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 followed by up ): to end up in the army; to end as a happy person.
adjective
Idioms 31.
final or ultimate: the end result.
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/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:
before 900; Middle English, Old English ende; cognate with Old Frisian enda, Middle Dutch e(i)nde, Old Saxon endi, Old High German anti, G Ende, Old Norse endi(r), Gothic andeis end < Germanic *anthjá-; akin to Sanskrit ánta- end
before 900; Middle English, Old English ende; cognate with Old Frisian enda, Middle Dutch e(i)nde, Old Saxon endi, Old High German anti, G Ende, Old Norse endi(r), Gothic andeis end < Germanic *anthjá-; akin to Sanskrit ánta- end
Related forms
end·er, 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.
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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World English Dictionary
end1 (ɛnd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the extremity of the length of something, such as a road, line, etc |
| 2. | the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object |
| 3. | the extreme extent, limit, or degree of something |
| 4. | the most distant place or time that can be imagined: the ends of the earth |
| 5. | the time at which something is concluded |
| 6. | a. the last section or part |
| b. (as modifier): the end office Related: final, terminal, ultimate | |
| 7. | a share or part: his end of the bargain |
| 8. | (often plural) a remnant or fragment (esp in the phrase odds and ends) |
| 9. | a final state, esp death; destruction |
| 10. | the purpose of an action or existence |
| 11. | sport either of the two defended areas of a playing field, rink, etc |
| 12. | bowls, curling a section of play from one side of the rink to the other |
| 13. | American football a player at the extremity of the playing line; wing |
| 14. | all ends up totally or completely |
| 15. | informal (US), (Canadian) a sticky end an unpleasant death |
| 16. | at a loose end, at loose ends without purpose or occupation |
| 17. | at an end exhausted or completed |
| 18. | at the end of the day See day |
| 19. | come to an end to become completed or exhausted |
| 20. | end on |
| a. with the end pointing towards one | |
| b. with the end adjacent to the end of another object | |
| 21. | informal go off the deep end to lose one's temper; react angrily |
| 22. | slang get one's end away to have sexual intercourse |
| 23. | in the end finally |
| 24. | keep one's end up |
| a. to sustain one's part in a joint enterprise | |
| b. to hold one's own in an argument, contest, etc | |
| 25. | make ends meet, make both ends meet to spend no more than the money one has |
| 26. | informal no end, no end of (intensifier): I had no end of work |
| 27. | on end |
| a. upright | |
| b. without pause or interruption | |
| 28. | informal the end |
| a. the worst, esp something that goes beyond the limits of endurance | |
| b. chiefly (US) the best in quality | |
| 29. | the end of the road the point beyond which survival or continuation is impossible |
| 30. | throw someone in at the deep end to put someone into a new situation, job, etc, without preparation or introduction |
| —vb | |
| 31. | to bring or come to a finish; conclude |
| 32. | to die or cause to die |
| 33. | (tr) to surpass; outdo: a novel to end all novels |
| 34. | informal end it all to commit suicide |
| Related: final, terminal, ultimate | |
| [Old English ende; related to Old Norse endir, Gothic andeis, Old High German endi, Latin antiae forelocks, Sanskrit antya last] | |
| 'ender1 | |
| —n | |
| end2 (ɛnd) | |
| —vb | |
| (Brit) (tr) to put (hay or grain) into a barn or stack | |
| [Old English innian; related to Old High German innōn; see | |
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Word Origin & History
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]
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Medical Dictionary
end- pref.
Variant of endo-.
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Bible Dictionary
End definition
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."
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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