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Meaning Of End
n.
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.
n.
Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion;
issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event;
consequence.
n.
Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also,
cause of death or destruction.
n.
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.
n.
That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap; as, odds
and ends.
n.
One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
v. t.
To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to
terminate; as, to end a speech.
v. t.
To form or be at the end of; as, the letter k ends the word
back.
v. t.
To destroy; to put to death.
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.