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32 Definitions of: end
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- noun, the extremity of the length of something, such as a road, line, etc
- noun, the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object
- noun, the extreme extent, limit, or degree of something
- noun, the most distant place or time that can be imagined
- noun, the time at which something is concluded
- noun, a) the last section or part b) (as modifier). Related adjs final, terminal, ultimate
- noun, a share or part
- noun, a remnant or fragment (esp in the phrase odds and ends)
- noun, a final state, esp death; destruction
- noun, the purpose of an action or existence
- noun, sport either of the two defended areas of a playing field, rink, etc
- noun, bowls curling a section of play from one side of the rink to the other
- noun, American football a player at the extremity of the playing line; wing
- noun, all ends up totally or completely
- noun, a sticky end an unpleasant death
- noun, at a loose end or (US and Canadian) at loose ends without purpose or occupation
- noun, at an end exhausted or completed
- noun, at the end of the day. See day
- noun, come to an end to become completed or exhausted
- noun, end on a) with the end pointing towards one b) with the end adjacent to the end of another object
- noun, go off the deep end to lose one's temper; react angrily
- noun, in the end finally
- noun, make (both) ends meet to spend no more than the money one has
- noun, no end (of) (intensifier)
- noun, on end a) upright b) without pause or interruption
- noun, the end a) the worst, esp something that goes beyond the limits of endurance b) the best in quality
- noun, the end of the road the point beyond which survival or continuation is impossible
- noun, throw (someone) in at the deep end to put (someone) into a new situation, job, etc, without preparation or introduction
- verb, to bring or come to a finish; conclude
- verb, to die or cause to die
- verb, to surpass; outdo
- verb, end it all to commit suicide ▷ See also end up
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- verb, to put (hay or grain) into a barn or stack
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