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Quick definitions from WordNet (end)
▸ noun: a position on the line of scrimmage ("No one wanted to play end")
▸ noun: the part you are expected to play ("He held up his end")
▸ noun: a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
▸ noun: a final part or section ("We have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus")
▸ noun: the concluding parts of an event or occurrence ("The end was exciting")
▸ noun: a boundary marking the extremities of something ("The end of town")
▸ noun: either extremity of something that has length ("The end of the pier")
▸ noun: the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object ("One end of the box was marked `This side up'")
▸ noun: one of two places from which people are communicating to each other ("The phone rang at the other end")
▸ noun: (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage ("The end managed to hold onto the pass")
▸ noun: a final state ("He came to a bad end")
▸ noun: the point in time at which something ends ("The end of the year")
▸ noun: the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it ("The ends justify the means")
▸ noun: the last section of a communication
▸ verb: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical ("My property ends by the bushes")
▸ verb: be the end of; be the last or concluding part of ("This sad scene ended the movie")
▸ verb: bring to an end or halt ("She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime")
▸ verb: put an end to ("The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived")
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #40830)
▸ Also see ends
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to end
▸ Usage examples for end
▸ Idioms related to end (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing end
▸ Words that often appear near end
▸ Rhymes of end
▸ Invented words related to end
▸ noun: a position on the line of scrimmage ("No one wanted to play end")
▸ noun: the part you are expected to play ("He held up his end")
▸ noun: a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
▸ noun: a final part or section ("We have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus")
▸ noun: the concluding parts of an event or occurrence ("The end was exciting")
▸ noun: a boundary marking the extremities of something ("The end of town")
▸ noun: either extremity of something that has length ("The end of the pier")
▸ noun: the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object ("One end of the box was marked `This side up'")
▸ noun: one of two places from which people are communicating to each other ("The phone rang at the other end")
▸ noun: (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage ("The end managed to hold onto the pass")
▸ noun: a final state ("He came to a bad end")
▸ noun: the point in time at which something ends ("The end of the year")
▸ noun: the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it ("The ends justify the means")
▸ noun: the last section of a communication
▸ verb: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical ("My property ends by the bushes")
▸ verb: be the end of; be the last or concluding part of ("This sad scene ended the movie")
▸ verb: bring to an end or halt ("She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime")
▸ verb: put an end to ("The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived")
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #40830)
▸ Also see ends
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to end
▸ Usage examples for end
▸ Idioms related to end (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing end
▸ Words that often appear near end
▸ Rhymes of end
▸ Invented words related to end