(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you say that you are at the end of your ~, you mean that you are so worried, tired, and unhappy because of your problems that you feel you cannot cope.
She was jealous, humiliated, and emotionally at the end of her ~...
PHRASE: ~ inflects, usu at PHR, v PHR
2.
A ~ is a rope or chain which is used to tie an animal to a post or fence so that it can only move around within a small area.
N-COUNT
3.
If you ~ an animal or object to something, you attach it there with a rope or chain so that it cannot move very far.
The officer dismounted, ~ing his horse to a tree.
VERB: V n to n