definition of
end

[1] #1 end v. [stop, finish, terminate, cease] 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 end. wn

[2] #2 end n. [terminal] 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"; "the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix". wn

[3] #3 end n. [ending] the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period". wn

[4] #4 end v. [terminate] 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". wn

[5] #5 end n. [last, final stage] the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie". wn