n. (American football) 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 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 last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..."

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

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

n. [the physical finishing point of something]

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

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

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. put an end to; "The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived"

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

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

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

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

n. the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission"

n. cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds

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. the back of a military formation or procession; "infantrymen were in the rear"

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

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

n. the branch of military science dealing with military command and the planning and conduct of a war

n. a planned undertaking

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

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

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

n. (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon

n. the outcome of a complex sequence of events

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. the concluding part of any performance

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

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

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

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

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

v. stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!"

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

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. become used up; be exhausted; "Our supplies finally ran out"

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

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 initial part of the introduction; "the opening established the basic theme"

n. a model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc.

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"

v. prolong the time allowed for payment of; "extend the loan"

v. begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language; "She began Russian at an early age"; "We started French in fourth grade"

v. achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative; "This economic measure doesn't even begin to deal with the problem of inflation"; "You cannot even begin to understand the problem we had to deal with during the war"

v. continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"

n. [the physical starting point of something]