Word Meaning

ends definition and meaning

n. The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part; termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line, pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end to pain; -- opposed to beginning, when used of anything having a first part.
n. Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion; issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event; consequence.
n. Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction.
n. The object aimed at in any effort considered as the close and effect of exertion; ppurpose; intention; aim; as, to labor for private or public ends.
n. That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap; as, odds and ends.
n. One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
v. t. To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to terminate; as, to end a speech.
v. t. To form or be at the end of; as, the letter k ends the word back.
v. t. To destroy; to put to death.
v. i. To come to the ultimate point; to be finished; to come to a close; to cease; to terminate; as, a voyage ends; life ends; winter ends.

Crossword clues for ends

- A terminal point where something is concluded
- Aim for the final
- Aim to finish
- Become, ... up
- Brenda removed bra ... that’s the last straw!
- Butt
- Cease den renovations
- Close
- Completion
- Conclude
- Conclusion
- Conclusion of a legend
- Culminate
- Demise
- Evenly reined to a stop
- Eventually, in the ...
- Extremity
- Finale
- Finish
- Finish in sudden death
- Finish off goal
- Finish up in Sydney
- For a finale, lie in bed, at last
- Goal
- Having nothing to do, at a loose ...
- In one ... and out the other
- Keyboard key
- Last bit
- Last of complete edition finished
- Last of the Mohican dead
- Last part
- Last piece
- Last section or part
- Leaned evenly on conclusion
- Left over piece of cloth
- London district, the East ...
- Objective
- Outcome
- Pull the plug on
- Rear
- Some commend finale
- Stop even Kennedy
- Stub
- Terminus
- Tip
- Tip result
- Tip to close
- What this clue marks
- Wind up
- Becomes, ... up
- Closes
- Concludes
- Discontinues
- Extremities
- Finishes
- Half-pretends to make them meet
- lapses
- Make them meet and you can cover expenses
- Make them meet and you can pay the bill!
- Nips in the bud when you can’t make them meet
- Reaches a conclusion
- Send out for the remnants
- Stops Eastenders missing Easter
- Terminates
- They proverbially justify the means