What is the meaning of end?

noun

• Either extremity of something that has length.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: terminal
• The point in time at which something ends.
  • usage: "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period"
  • synonyms: ending
• The concluding parts of an event or occurrence.
  • usage: "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie"
  • synonyms: last, final stage
• The state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it.
  • usage: "the ends justify the means"
  • synonyms: goal
• A final part or section.
  • usage: "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"
• A final state.
  • usage: "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"
  • synonyms: destruction, death
• The surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object.
  • usage: "one end of the box was marked `This side up'"
• Football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage. (
  • usage: "the end managed to hold onto the pass"
• A boundary marking the extremities of something.
  • usage: "the end of town"
• One of two places from which people are communicating to each other.
  • usage: "the phone rang at the other end"; "both ends wrote at the same time"
• The part you are expected to play.
  • usage: "he held up his end"
• The last section of a communication.
  • usage: "in conclusion I want to say..."
  • synonyms: conclusion, close, closing, ending
• A piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold.
  • synonyms: remainder, remnant, oddment
• American football. ( a position on the line of scrimmage)
  • usage: "no one wanted to play end"

verb

• Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: stop, finish, terminate, cease
• Bring to an end or halt.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: terminate
• Be the end of; be the last or concluding part of.
  • usage: "This sad scene ended the movie"
  • synonyms: terminate
• Put an end to.
  • usage: "The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived"