Definitions for ends
ends
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Spelling: [end]
IPA: /ɛnd/
Ends is a 4 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.
You can make 29 anagrams from letters in ends (dens).
Definitions for ends
noun
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the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
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a point, line, or limitation that indicates the full extent, degree, etc., of something; limit; bounds:
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a part or place at or adjacent to an extremity:
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the furthermost imaginable place or point:
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termination; conclusion:
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the concluding part:
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an intention or aim:
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the object for which a thing exists; purpose:
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an outcome or result:
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termination of existence; death:
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a cause of death, destruction, or ruin:
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a remnant or fragment:
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a share or part in something:
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Textiles. a warp thread running vertically and interlaced with the filling yarn in the woven fabric.
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Football.
either of the linemen stationed farthest from the center.
the position played by this lineman.
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Archery. the number of arrows to be shot by a competitor during one turn in a match.
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Cricket. a wicket, especially the one where the batsman is taking a turn.
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a unit of a game, as in curling or lawn bowling.
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Kantianism. any rational being, regarded as worthy to exist for its own sake.
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either half of a domino.
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Knots. the part of a rope, beyond a knot or the like, that is not used.
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the end, Slang. the ultimate; the utmost of good or bad:
Idioms
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at loose ends, without an occupation or plans; unsettled; uncertain:
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at one's wit's end, at the end of one's ideas or mental resources; perplexed:
Also, at one's wits' end.
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end for end, in reverse position; inverted:
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end on, with the end next to or facing:
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end to end, in a row with ends touching:
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go off the deep end, Informal. to act in a reckless or agitated manner; lose emotional control:
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in the end, finally; after all:
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keep / hold one's end up, to perform one's part or share adequately:
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make an end of, to conclude; stop:
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make ends meet, to live within one's means:
Also, make both ends meet.
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no end, Informal. very much or many:
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on end,
having the end down; upright:
continuously; successively:
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put an end to, to cause to stop; terminate; finish:
adjective
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final or ultimate:
verb (used with object)
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to bring to an end or conclusion:
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to put an end to; terminate:
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to form the end of:
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to cause the demise of; kill:
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to constitute the most outstanding or greatest possible example or instance of (usually used in the infinitive):
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to put wheat, hay, or other grain into a stack or barn.
verb (used without object)
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to come to an end; terminate; cease:
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to issue or result:
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to reach or arrive at a final condition, circumstance, or goal (often followed by up):
Origin of ends
before 900; Middle English, Old English ende; cognate with Old Frisian enda, Middle Dutch e(i)nde, Old Saxon endi, Old High German anti, G Ende, Old Norse endi(r), Gothic andeis end Germanic
Examples for ends
The sweepstakes begins on December 9th, 2014 at 8:00 AM EST and ends on January 31st, 2015 at 11:59 EST (the "Entry Period").
Eventually, she heard from one of them that the official family line was, “our support for Sabrina ends here.”
It has driven the white people of Europe to the ends of the earth.
After 18 months of secret talks, the president announces a diplomatic breakthrough that ends the last fight of the Cold War.
All laws to secure these ends will receive my best efforts for their enforcement.
The first of them ends with his retirement from the representation of Newark.
We, the West, send tons of money down there, and in my view a lot of it ends up in a Swiss bank.
The Via Dolorosa ends at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and is marked by nine stations of the cross.
But the Church population is occasionally recruited from all the ends of the earth.
Finished the hut, pugging it at the ends, and making the roof better.