
Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)end, terminaleither 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” (n)end, endingthe point in time at which something ends“the end of the year”,
“the ending of warranty period” (n)end, lastthe final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence“the end was exciting”,
“I had to miss the last of the movie” (n)goal, endthe 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” (n)enda 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” (n)end, destruction, deatha final state“he came to a bad end”,
“the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end” (n)endthe surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object“one end of the box was marked ‘This side up’” (n)end(football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage“the end managed to hold onto the pass” (n)enda boundary marking the extremities of something“the end of town” (n)endone 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” (n)endthe part you are expected to play“he held up his end” (n)end(American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, designating players at each end of the defensive line“no one wanted to play end” Verbs
(v)end, stop, finish, terminate, ceasehave 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” (v)end, terminatebring 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” (v)end, terminatebe the end of; be the last or concluding part of“This sad scene ended the movie” (v)endput an end to“The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived”