n. a position on the line of scrimmage; "no one wanted to play end"

n. the part you are expected to play; "he held up his end"

n. 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"

n. the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie"

n. a boundary marking the extremities of something; "the end of town"

n. 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"

n. the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object; "one end of the box was marked `This side up'"

n. 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"

n. (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage; "the end managed to hold onto the pass"

n. a wicket esp the one where the batsman is taking a turn

n. numbers of arrows to be shot

n. a unit of a game, as in curling or lawn bowling

n. either half of a domino

n. an associate degree in nursing

n. 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"

n. the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period"

n. a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"

n. a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold

v. come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June"

v. be found or available; "These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled"

v. reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position; "The water came to a boil"; "We came to understand the true meaning of life"; "Their anger came to a boil"; "I came to realize the true meaning of life"; "The shoes came untied"; "come into contact with a terrorist group"; "his face went red"; "your wish will come true"

v. cover a certain distance; "She came a long way"

v. experience orgasm; "she could not come because she was too upset"

v. extend or reach; "The water came up to my waist"; "The sleeves come to your knuckles"

v. enter or assume a condition, relation, use, or position; "He came into contact with a terrorist group"; "The shoes came untied"

v. be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie"

v. move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room"

v. be received; "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda"

v. to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience"

v. come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading"

v. reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"

v. proceed or get along; "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way"

v. 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 WW I"

v. 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"

v. enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"

v. 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 WW I"

adj. conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result"

n. the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement"

n. the act of terminating a life

n. the outcome of a complex sequence of events

n. the concluding part of any performance

n. an unpleasant or disastrous destiny; "everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it"; "that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world"

n. a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold

n. the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned"

n. a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"

n. a small piece; "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil"

n. a cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own business"

n. the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain

n. a subdivision of a particular kind of thing; "what type of sculpture do you prefer?"

n. the idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?"

n. a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something

n. a planned undertaking

n. an elaborate and systematic plan of action

n. something intended as a guide for making something else; "a blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt"

n. the decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play"

n. hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

n. a final performance or effort (especially before retirement)

n. an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"

n. an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"

n. the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973"

n. the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"

n. something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation; "the house was a wreck when they bought it"; "thanks to that quack I am a human wreck"

n. any long object resembling a thin line; "a mere ribbon of land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the road was a grey thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward"

n. 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"

v. move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"

v. direct one's course or way; "wend your way through the crowds"

v. 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"

v. remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps"

v. 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 WW I"

v. come or bring to a finish or an end; "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours"

v. lose validity; "My passports expired last month"

v. be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie"

v. prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"

v. seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"

v. 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 WW I"

v. come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"

v. put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

v. stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"

v. terminate before completion; "abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer"

v. prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"

v. terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty"

v. end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!"

v. break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"

v. "The court adjourned"

v. make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan"

v. stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"

v. cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles"

v. make powerless and unable to function; "The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation"

v. make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts"

v. lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"

v. put to death; "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"

v. terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"

v. kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"

v. walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow"

v. cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief"

v. roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud"

v. put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"

v. replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully"

v. place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"

v. cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"

v. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"

v. become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

v. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"

v. come or bring to a finish or an end; "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours"

v. as pertaining to marriages.

v. be the culminating event; "The speech crowned the meeting"

v. 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"

v. seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"

v. make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"

v. not move; be in a resting position

v. reverse the winding or twisting of; "unwind a ball of yarn"

v. be associated with; "French fries come with the hamburger"

v. attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"

v. come into fashion; become fashionable

v. come from

v. continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds"

v. encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"

v. come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"

v. come to the surface

v. be received; "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda"

v. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

v. decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house"

v. get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness"

v. obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"

adj. representing a level of the highest possible achievement or attainment; "the crowning accomplishment of his career"

adj. expected to follow in the indefinite future from causes already operating; "hope of eventual (or ultimate) rescue"; "if this trend continues it is not reasonable to expect the eventual collapse of the stock market"

adj. highest and most significant: "his highest achievement"

adj. conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result"

adj. (ultimate)

adj. final or last in your life or progress; "the supreme sacrifice"; "the supreme judgment"

n. the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story"

n. an intermediate part or section; "A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"- Aristotle

n. the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"

n. time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period; "the middle of the war"; "rain during the middle of April"

n. the state of being restored to its former good condition; "the inn was a renovation of a Colonial house"

v. pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

v. leave; "The family took off for Florida"

v. go away or leave

v. get lost, as without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace"

v. set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"

v. lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"

v. have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000"

v. continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"

v. retreat

v. get worse or fall back to a previous condition

v. get better; "The weather improved toward evening"

v. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"

v. keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"

v. continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"

v. become pregnant; undergo conception; "She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day"

v. improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient"