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End

//ɛnd// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The terminal point of something in space or time.

    "they followed him... into a sort of a central hall; out of which they could dimly see other long tunnel-like passages branching, passages mysterious and without apparent end."

  2. 2
    A key that when pressed causes the cursor to go to the last character of the current line.
  3. 3
    Acronym of equivalent narcotic depth. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  4. 4
    (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, designating players at each end of the defensive line wordnet
  5. 5
    The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion. broadly

    "Is there no end to this madness?"

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  1. 6
    the part you are expected to play wordnet
  2. 7
    Death. broadly, often, with-definite-article

    "He met a terrible end in the jungle."

  3. 8
    a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold wordnet
  4. 9
    The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.

    "Hold the string at both ends."

  5. 10
    a final part or section wordnet
  6. 11
    Result.

    "O that a man might know / The end of this day's business ere it come!"

  7. 12
    the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it wordnet
  8. 13
    A purpose, goal, or aim.

    "For what end should I toil?"

  9. 14
    the last section of a communication wordnet
  10. 15
    One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.

    "The Pavillion End"

  11. 16
    the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence wordnet
  12. 17
    The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.

    "Her husband, among various physical accomplishments, had been one of the most powerful ends that ever played football at New Haven […]."

  13. 18
    a boundary marking the extremities of something wordnet
  14. 19
    A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.
  15. 20
    either extremity of something that has length wordnet
  16. 21
    An ideal point of a graph or other complex. See End (graph theory)
  17. 22
    the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object wordnet
  18. 23
    That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap.

    "odds and ends"

  19. 24
    one of two places from which people are communicating to each other wordnet
  20. 25
    One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
  21. 26
    (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage wordnet
  22. 27
    Money. in-plural, slang

    "Don't give them your ends. You jack that shit!"

  23. 28
    a final state wordnet
  24. 29
    the point in time at which something ends wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To come to an end. ergative, intransitive

    "Is this movie never going to end?"

  2. 2
    bring to an end or halt wordnet
  3. 3
    To conclude; to bring something to an end. intransitive

    "The orchestra ended with a performance of Dvořák."

  4. 4
    put an end to wordnet
  5. 5
    To finish, terminate. transitive

    "The referee blew the whistle to end the game."

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  1. 6
    have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical wordnet
  2. 7
    be the end of; be the last or concluding part of wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English ende, from Old English ende, from Proto-West Germanic *andī, from Proto-Germanic *andijaz (“end”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos (“forehead; front”), from *h₂ent- (“face; forehead; front”), from *h₂en- (“on, onto”). Cognates Cognate with Yola een, eene (“end”), Saterland Frisian Eend, Eende (“end”), West Frisian ein (“end”), Alemannic German End, Endi (“end”), Central Franconian Eng, Enk (“end”), Cimbrian énte (“end”), Dutch eind, einde, end (“end”), German Ende (“end”), Luxembourgish Enn (“end”), Vilamovian end, ent (“end”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk ende (“end”), Faroese endi (“end”), Icelandic endi, endir (“end”), Swedish ända, ände (“end”), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃 (andeis, “end”); also Irish éadan (“end; front”), Manx eddin (“face; front”), Scottish Gaelic aodann (“face; hillside”), Latin antiae (“forelock”), Ancient Greek ἀντίος (antíos, “opposite”), Albanian anë (“brink; edge; facet; side”), Latvian no (“for; from”), Lithuanian nuo (“for; from”), Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian на (na, “on”), Czech, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Polish, Slovak, and Slovene na (“on”), Serbo-Croatian на, na (“on”), Old Armenian ընդ (ənd, “in the place, instead of”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 (abiy, “against; towards; upon”), Tocharian A ānt (“in front”), Tocharian B ānte (“in front of”), Sanskrit अन्त (anta, “boundary; border, edge; end, termination”). More at and and anti-. The verb is from Middle English enden, endien, from Old English endian (“to end, to make an end of, complete, finish, abolish, destroy, come to an end, die”), from Proto-Germanic *andijōną (“to finish, end”), denominative from *andijaz.

Etymology 2

From Middle English ende, from Old English ende, from Proto-West Germanic *andī, from Proto-Germanic *andijaz (“end”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos (“forehead; front”), from *h₂ent- (“face; forehead; front”), from *h₂en- (“on, onto”). Cognates Cognate with Yola een, eene (“end”), Saterland Frisian Eend, Eende (“end”), West Frisian ein (“end”), Alemannic German End, Endi (“end”), Central Franconian Eng, Enk (“end”), Cimbrian énte (“end”), Dutch eind, einde, end (“end”), German Ende (“end”), Luxembourgish Enn (“end”), Vilamovian end, ent (“end”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk ende (“end”), Faroese endi (“end”), Icelandic endi, endir (“end”), Swedish ända, ände (“end”), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃 (andeis, “end”); also Irish éadan (“end; front”), Manx eddin (“face; front”), Scottish Gaelic aodann (“face; hillside”), Latin antiae (“forelock”), Ancient Greek ἀντίος (antíos, “opposite”), Albanian anë (“brink; edge; facet; side”), Latvian no (“for; from”), Lithuanian nuo (“for; from”), Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian на (na, “on”), Czech, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Polish, Slovak, and Slovene na (“on”), Serbo-Croatian на, na (“on”), Old Armenian ընդ (ənd, “in the place, instead of”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 (abiy, “against; towards; upon”), Tocharian A ānt (“in front”), Tocharian B ānte (“in front of”), Sanskrit अन्त (anta, “boundary; border, edge; end, termination”). More at and and anti-. The verb is from Middle English enden, endien, from Old English endian (“to end, to make an end of, complete, finish, abolish, destroy, come to an end, die”), from Proto-Germanic *andijōną (“to finish, end”), denominative from *andijaz.

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