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end

noun
  1. (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage
    “no one wanted to play end”
    tackle
  2. the part you are expected to play
    “They held up their end of the bargain.”
  3. a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
    oddmentremainderremnant
  4. a final part or section
    “we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus”
  5. 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”
    goal
  6. the last section of a communication
    conclusion
  7. the concluding parts of an event or occurrence
    “the end was exciting”
    lastfinal stage
  8. a boundary marking the extremities of something
    “the end of town”
  9. either extremity of something that has length
    “the end of the pier”
    terminal
  10. the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object
    “one end of the box was marked `This side up'”
  11. one of two places from which people are communicating to each other
    “the phone rang at the other end”
  12. (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage
    “the end managed to hold onto the pass”
  13. a final state
    “After a life of misdeeds, they came to a bad end.”
    destruction
  14. the point in time at which something ends
    “the end of the year”
    ending
verb
  1. bring to an end or halt
    “They ended our friendship when they found out that we had once been convicted of a crime.”
    terminate
  2. put an end to
    “The terrible news ended our hopes that there were survivors.”
    lift
  3. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense
    finish
  4. be the end of
    terminate