end up

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.

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.

a part or place at or adjacent to an extremity: 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.

termination; conclusion: 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?

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.

either of the linemen stationed farthest from the center.

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

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/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,

having the end down; upright: to stand a box on end.

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

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.

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World English Dictionary

end¹ (ɛnd)

—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 inn]

end up

—vb
1.	(copula) to become eventually; turn out to be: he ended up a thief
2.	(intr) to arrive, esp by a circuitous or lengthy route or process: he ended up living in New Zealand

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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]

American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

end- pref.
Variant of endo-.

Easton

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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Idioms & Phrases

end up

Arrive at, result in, finish. For example, He thought he'd end up living in the city, or We don't know how Nancy will end up. [First half of 1900s] Also see wind up.

Example sentences

They eventually end up in the water through atmospheric deposition or runoff.

When big planets end up in close quarters, they whip each other around and

create some of the eccentric orbits seen by the team.

Second, between thirty and forty-five per cent of people who do have their

mortgages modified end up defaulting eventually anyway.

Chop off the tails of generation after generation of mice, and eventually you

should end up with tailless mice.

Idioms & Phrases

wind up