Word: end Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ende, from Old English ende, from Proto-West Germanic *andī, from Proto-Germanic *andijaz (“end”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos (“forehead; front”), from *h₂ent- (“face; forehead; front”), from *h₂en- (“on, onto”). Cognates Cognate with Yola een, eene (“end”), Saterland Frisian Eend, Eende (“end”), West Frisian ein (“end”), Alemannic German End, Endi (“end”), Central Franconian Eng, Enk (“end”), Cimbrian énte (“end”), Dutch eind, einde, end (“end”), German Ende (“end”), Luxembourgish Enn (“end”), Vilamovian end, ent (“end”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk ende (“end”), Faroese endi (“end”), Icelandic endi, endir (“end”), Swedish ända, ände (“end”), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃 (andeis, “end”); also Irish éadan (“end; front”), Manx eddin (“face; front”), Scottish Gaelic aodann (“face; hillside”), Latin antiae (“forelock”), Ancient Greek ἀντίος (antíos, “opposite”), Albanian anë (“brink; edge; facet; side”), Latvian no (“for; from”), Lithuanian nuo (“for; from”), Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian на (na, “on”), Czech, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Polish, Slovak, and Slovene na (“on”), Serbo-Croatian на, na (“on”), Old Armenian ընդ (ənd, “in the place, instead of”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 (abiy, “against; towards; upon”), Tocharian A ānt (“in front”), Tocharian B ānte (“in front of”), Sanskrit अन्त (anta, “boundary; border, edge; end, termination”). More at and and anti-. The verb is from Middle English enden, endien, from Old English endian (“to end, to make an end of, complete, finish, abolish, destroy, come to an end, die”), from Proto-Germanic *andijōną (“to finish, end”), denominative from *andijaz. Pronunciation: /ɛnd/, /iːnd/, /ɪnd/ 1. The terminal point of something in space or time. Example: they followed him... into a sort of a central hall; out of which they could dimly see other long tunnel-like passages branching, passages mysterious and without apparent end. Example: I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite. 2. Share of joint responsibility. Example: Are you sure they'll honor their end of the deal? 3. The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion. Labels: broadly Example: Is there no end to this madness? Example: The new electronic switching system means expanded service and an end to irritances such as cross-talk, line-hum, and being cut off in mid-conversation. 4. Death. Labels: broadly, often, with-definite-article Example: He met a terrible end in the jungle. Example: I hope the end comes quickly. 5. The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide. Example: Hold the string at both ends. Example: My father always sat at the end of the table nearest the kitchen. 6. Result. Example: O that a man might know / The end of this day's business ere it come! Example: The end was that he was thought an archfool. 7. A purpose, goal, or aim. Example: For what end should I toil? Example: The end of our club is to advance conversation and friendship. 8. One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground. Example: The Pavillion End 9. The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end. Example: Her husband, among various physical accomplishments, had been one of the most powerful ends that ever played football at New Haven […]. 10. A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion. 11. An ideal point of a graph or other complex. See End (graph theory) 12. That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap. Example: odds and ends Example: I clothe my naked villainy / With old odd ends stolen out of holy writ, / And seem a saint, when most I play the devil. 13. A single warp thread. Example: Wind a warp of 459 ends 3¾ yd long, following the warp color order in Figure 1. 14. Money. Labels: in-plural, slang Example: Don't give them your ends. You jack that shit!