end

noun15

1. •
   the last point of something, where or when it stops

   • At the end of the garden there was a beautiful fountain.
   • At the end of the story, the main characters fall in love.
2. •
   The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.

   • Hold the string at both ends.
   • My father always sat at the end of the table nearest the kitchen.
3. •
   The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.

   • Is there no end to this madness?
4. •
   Death.

   • He met a terrible end in the jungle.
   • I hope the end comes quickly.
5. •
   A purpose, goal, or aim.

   • For what end should I toil?
   • The end of our club is to advance conversation and friendship.
6. •
   Share of joint responsibility.

   • Are you sure they'll honor their end of the deal?
7. •
   Result.

   • O that a man might know / The end of this day's business ere it come! — 1599
8. •
   That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap.

   • odds and ends
9. •
   A key that when pressed causes the cursor to go to the last character of the current line.
10. •
    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 […]. — 1925
11. •
    One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.
12. •
    A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.
13. •
    [in the plural] (slang) Money.

    • Don't give them your ends. You jack that shit!
14. •
    A single warp thread.

    • Wind a warp of 459 ends 3¾ yd long, following the warp color order in Figure 1. — 2026
15. •
    An ideal point of a graph or other complex. See End (graph theory)

verb3

1. •
   To come to an end.

   • Is this movie never going to end?
   • The lesson will end when the bell rings.
2. •
   To conclude; to bring something to an end.

   • The orchestra ended with a performance of Dvořák.
3. •
   To finish, terminate.

   • The referee blew the whistle to end the game.

noun1

1. •
   Acronym of equivalent narcotic depth.