End
Definition of End
Pronunciation: ĕnd | n. | 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. | | 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.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.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. | | 6. | (Carpet Manuf.) One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.| To put an end to | | to destroy. - Fuller. |
| | v. t. | 1. | To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to terminate; as, to end a speech. | | 2. | To form or be at the end of; as, the letter k ends the word back. | | 3. | To destroy; to put to death. | | v. i. | 1. | 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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