END

vt to destroy; to put to death.

2. end ·noun one of the yarns of the worsted warp in a brussels carpet.

3. end ·vt to form or be at the end of; as, the letter k ends the word back.

4. end ·noun that which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap; as, odds and ends.

5. end ·noun termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction.

6. end ·noun point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion; issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event; consequence.

7. end ·noun 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.

8. end ·vt to bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to terminate; as, to end a speech.

9. end ·vi 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.

10. end ·noun 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.