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| English Dictionary: end |
by the
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| 6 results for end |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- end
- n
- either extremity of something that has length; "the end of
the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode to the end of the line"; "the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix"
Synonym(s): end, terminal
- the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period"
Synonym(s): end, ending Antonym(s): beginning, commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, middle, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time
- the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie"
Synonym(s): end, last, final stage
- 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"
Synonym(s): goal, end
- a final part or section; "we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus"; "Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end"
Antonym(s): beginning, middle
- a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"
Synonym(s): end, destruction, death
- the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object; "one end of the box was marked `This side up'"
- (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage; "the end managed to hold onto the pass"
- a boundary marking the extremities of something; "the end of town"
- one of two places from which people are communicating to each other; "the phone rang at the other end"; "both ends wrote at the same time"
- the part you are expected to play; "he held up his end"
- the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..."
Synonym(s): conclusion, end, close, closing, ending
- a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
Synonym(s): end, remainder, remnant, oddment
- (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage; "no one wanted to play end"
- v
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense;
either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
Synonym(s): end, stop, finish, terminate, cease Antonym(s): begin, start
- bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
Synonym(s): end, terminate Antonym(s): begin, commence, get, get down, lead off, set about, set out, start, start out
- be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie"
Synonym(s): end, terminate
- put an end to; "The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived"
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
End \End\, n. [OE. & AS. ende; akin to OS. endi, D. einde, eind,
OHG. enti, G. ende, Icel. endir, endi, Sw. [84]nde, Dan.
ende, Goth. andeis, Skr. anta. [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {Ante-},
{Anti-}, {Answer}.]
1. The extreme or last point or part of any material thing
considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being
side); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part;
termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line,
pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end
to pain; -- opposed to {beginning}, when used of anything
having a first part.
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning
thereof. --Eccl. vii.
8.
2. Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion;
issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive
event; consequence.
My guilt be on my head, and there an end. --Shak.
O that a man might know The end of this day's
business ere it come! --Shak.
3. Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination;
also, cause of death or destruction.
Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end. --Pope.
Confound your hidden falsehood, and award Either of
you to be the other's end. --Shak.
I shall see an end of him. --Shak.
4. The object aimed at in any effort considered as the close
and effect of exertion; ppurpose; intention; aim; as, to
labor for private or public ends.
Losing her, the end of living lose. --Dryden.
When every man is his own end, all things will come
to a bad end. --Coleridge.
5. That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap; as,
odds and ends.
I clothe my naked villainy With old odd ends stolen
out of holy writ, And seem a saint, when most I play
the devil. --Shak.
6. (Carpet Manuf.) One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a
Brussels carpet.
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
End \End\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ended}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Ending}.]
1. To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to
terminate; as, to end a speech. [bd]I shall end this
strife.[b8] --Shak.
On the seventh day God ended his work. --Gen. ii. 2.
2. To form or be at the end of; as, the letter k ends the
word back.
3. To destroy; to put to death. [bd]This sword hath ended
him.[b8] --Shak.
{To end up}, to lift or tilt, so as to set on end; as, to end
up a hogshead.
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
End \End\, v. i.
To come to the ultimate point; to be finished; to come to a
close; to cease; to terminate; as, a voyage ends; life ends;
winter ends.
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Endo- \En"do-\, End- \End-\ [Gr. 'e`ndon within, fr. [?] in. See
{In}.]
A combining form signifying within; as, endocarp, endogen,
endocuneiform, endaspidean.
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| From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: |
End
in Heb. 13:7, is the rendering of the unusual Greek word
_ekbasin_, meaning "outcome", i.e., death. It occurs only
elsewhere in 1 Cor. 10:13, where it is rendered "escape."
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