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end
I. \ˈend\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English ende, from Old English; akin to Old High German enti end, Old Norse endir, Gothic andeis end, Latin ante before, Greek anti against, Sanskrit anta end, Hittite hanz front
1.
a.
(1) : the portion of an area or territory that lies at or by the termination and that often serves as a delimitation or boundary; specifically : a section of a city not within the center portion
< the East End of London >
(2) : the extreme, ultimate, or most remote section or area
< a criminal hunted to the very ends of the earth >
b.
(1) : a point that marks the extent of something : limit
< no end of good things >
< gifts without end showered upon the newcomers >
(2) : the point where something possessed of or exhibiting temporal progression ceases to exist
< the end of the fiscal year >
< the end of a bullet's flight >
c.
(1) : a narrow, sharp, or pointed part of something longitudinal or slender
< the end of a pencil >
< the ends of a pole >
< the dangerous end of a knife >
(2) : the extreme or last part lengthwise
< the end of a board >
< end of a garden >
< end of a rope >
< the rear end of an automobile >
d.
(1) : the terminal unit of someting spatial that is marked off by or exhibits a progression of units
< the end of a series >
(2) : the portion of a distillate (as from petroleum) at either extremity of its distillation range
< the light or low ends are the most volatile portions >
(3) : end man
(4) : a player stationed at the extremity of a line or team (as in football)
e.
(1) : the heading of a barrel or the lid of a metal can or drum
(2) : either half of a domino face
(3) : either extremity of a cricket pitch
< batsmen changing ends after a run >
2.
a. : cessation of a course of action, pursuit, or activity
< the end of a war >
< working and never seeing the end in sight >
b.
(1) : termination of being : death
< an opponent of taxation until his very end >
(2) : the dissolution of structural or functional existence : destruction, demolition
< a freighter that met its end in a hurricane >
c.
(1) : the ultimate state : final condition
< the end being utter oblivion >
(2) : the result of an activity : issue
< the end of the matter being general agreement >
d. : the complex of events, parts, or sections that forms an extremity, termination, or finish
< the frontal attacks that marked the end of the war >
3. : something incomplete, fragmentary, or undersize: as
a. : a leftover or scrap : remnant
< the ends of meat >
— see odds and ends
b. : a short or half piece of cloth — see mill end
c. : a deal or batten of timber less than eight feet long
4.
a. : an outcome worked toward especially with forethought, deliberate planning, and organized effort : purpose
< the end being complete mastery of the subject >
< a politician working to the end that all debts be paid off >
b.
(1) : the goal, ultimate intention, or purpose for the attainment of which an agent does something or ought to be acting
(2) : the object by virtue of which or the objective for the sake of which an event or a series of events happens or is said to take place : a final cause
5.
a. : a particular duty : share in an undertaking — used with keep and up
< he was able to keep his end up >
b. : a department or particular phase of an undertaking, business, or organization
< the advertising end of insurance >
6.
a. : a unit or turn in shooting (as in archery)
b. : an inning in a game played from one limit of a course toward the other (as in bowls)
7.
a.
(1) : a warp thread or yarn
(2) : a single sliver, roving, or yarn while in the process of manufacture on a textile machine
b. : waxed end
8. : the number of arrows (as three in England and six in America) shot by an archer during his turn
Synonyms:
termination, ending, terminus: end, the most common and most inclusive of the terms, may apply to the finish or the final limit in nearly any application
< the end of a meal >
< the end of a book >
< the end of a road >
< the end of a life >
< the end of a play >
< the end of a journey >
< the end of a friendship >
< the end of one's endurance >
termination or ending usually applies to an end in time or, less often, in space, of something that is brought to a close as by having set bounds or by being completed or no longer purposeful, ending often also including a portion prior to the exact terminal point
< the termination of a lease >
< the termination of a moratorium >
< the ending of a play >
< the ending of vacation >
< to change the ending of a song >
< a long ending to a symphony >
terminus applies to an end, usually a definite point or place, to which something moves or progresses or beyond which it does not go
< the modern city hall is the terminus of the tour >
< an airline terminus >
< the northern terminus of the natural-gas pipeline >
< the eighth grade is for many the terminus of religious teaching — C.T.H.Sherlock >
Synonym: see in addition intention.
•
- end for end
- end of one's rope
- in the end
- no end
- on end
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English enden, from Old English endian; akin to Old High German entōn to end, Old Norse enda; denominative from the root of English end (I)
transitive verb
1. obsolete : to carry out : perform fully
2.
a. : to bring to an end : terminate
< the speech ended the ceremonies >
b. : to bring about the death of : kill
< if he love another, may panthers end him — W.B.Yeats >
3. : to make up the end of : constitute the last element of
< k ends the word back >
< a brass band ended the parade >
4. : to place on end : upend
5. : to stand as the supreme example of — usually used in the infinitive
< a novel to end all novels >
6. : to attach the top and bottom pieces of (a set-up paper box)
< containers ended by hand >
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to come to an end : reach a final or ultimate point
< the song ended on a high note >
— often used with up
< the party ends up with dancing >
or in
< his efforts ended in failure >
b. : to come to a conclusion or ultimate state or situation
< the poem stops rather than ends >
— often used with up
< the whole gang ended up in jail >
2. : die
< his parents ended in the … gas ovens — Joseph Alsop >
— sometimes used with up
Synonyms: see close
III. transitive verb
Etymology: probably alteration of in (III), v.
now dialect England : to put (grain or hay) into a barn or stack
IV. abbreviation
endorsed; endorsement |