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Noun end has 14 senses

end - either 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"
--₁ is a kind of extremity
--₁ has particulars:

bitter end; bitthead; heel; point; pole, magnetic pole; railhead; terminus; yardarm; nerve ending, nerve end; telomere; heel; end point, endpoint, termination, terminus; finish, destination, goal; tip

Derived form: verb end₁

end, ending - the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period"
--₂ is a kind of point, point in time
Antonyms: beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset, middle
--₂ has particulars:

death, last; death, dying, demise; period; year-end; stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close; cease; fag end, tail, tail end; last gasp; termination, expiration, expiry; terminus ad quem, terminal point, limit

Derived forms: verb end₄, verb end₃, verb end₂, verb end₁

end, last, final stage - the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie"
--₃ is a kind of ending, conclusion, finish
--₃ has particulars:
endgame, end game; endgame, end game; homestretch; passing

Derived forms: verb end₄, verb end₃, verb end₂, verb end₁
goal, end - the 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"
--₄ is a kind of content, cognitive content, mental object
--₄ is a part of plan of action
--₄ has particulars:
aim, object, objective, target; bourn, bourne; end-all; destination, terminus; no-goal; purpose, intent, intention, aim, design; intention
end - a 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"
--₅ is a kind of part, section, division
Antonyms: beginning, middle

Derived forms: verb end₃, verb end₂, verb end₁
end, destruction, death - a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"
--₆ is a kind of state

Derived forms: verb end₄, verb end₃, verb end₂, verb end₁
end - the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object; "one end of the box was marked `This side up'"
--₇ is a kind of surface

Derived form: verb end₁
end - (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage; "the end managed to hold onto the pass"
--₈ is a kind of lineman
--₈ has particulars: split end; tight end
end - one 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"
--₉ is a kind of topographic point, place, spot
end - a boundary marking the extremities of something; "the end of town"
--₁₀ is a kind of boundary, bound, bounds

Derived form: verb end₁
end - the part you are expected to play; "he held up his end"
--₁₁ is a kind of contribution, part, share
conclusion, end, close, closing, ending - the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..."
--₁₂ is a kind of section, subdivision
--₁₂ is a part of narration, recital, yarn; address, speech
--₁₂ has particulars:
anticlimax, bathos; epilogue, epilog; epilogue, epilog; peroration; finale, coda

Derived forms: verb end₃, verb end₄, verb end₁
end, remainder, remnant, oddment - a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
--₁₃ is a kind of piece of cloth, piece of material
--₁₃ has particulars: fag end
end - a position on the line of scrimmage; "no one wanted to play end"
--₁₄ is a kind of lineman
--₁₄ is a member of football team, eleven

Verb end has 4 senses

end, stop, finish, terminate, cease - have 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"
Antonyms: begin, start

Derived forms: noun end₁₂, noun end₁₀, noun end₇, noun end₆, noun end₅, noun end₃, noun end₂, noun end₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
end, terminate - bring 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 WWI"
--₂ is one way to change, alter, modify
Antonyms: lead off, get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence

Derived forms: noun end₆, noun end₅, noun end₃, noun end₂, noun ending₂
Sample sentence:
They end moving
end, terminate - be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie"
--₃ is one way to be

Derived forms: noun end₁₂, noun end₆, noun end₅, noun end₂, noun end₃, noun ending₃, noun ending₄
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
end - put an end to; "The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived"
--₄ is one way to destroy, destruct

Derived forms: noun end₁₂, noun end₆, noun end₃, noun end₂, noun ending₄
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something