[week-end, -end] 
| 1. | the end of a week, esp. the period of time between Friday evening and Monday morning: We spent the weekend at Virginia Beach. |
| 2. | this period as extended by one or more holidays, days off, or the like, that immediately precede or follow: We're getting a three-day weekend at Christmas. |
| 3. | any two-day period taken or given regularly as a weekly rest period from one's work: I have to work at the hospital on Saturdays and Sundays, so I take my weekends on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. |
| 4. | of, for, or on a weekend: a weekend pass; a weekend excursion. |
| 5. | to pass the weekend, as at a place: They weekended at their country place. |
| week·end (wēk'ěnd') n. The end of the week, especially the period from Friday evening through Sunday evening. intr.v. week·end·ed, week·end·ing, week·ends To spend weekends or a weekend. week'ends' adv. |
