The Word 'END'

End (noun)

definition:
(American football) a position on the line of scrimmage

example:
"no one wanted to play end"

End (noun)

definition:
the part you are expected to play

example:
"They held up their end of the bargain."

End (noun)

definition:
a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold

End (noun)

definition:
a final part or section

example:
"we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus"

End (noun)

definition:
the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it

example:
"the ends justify the means"

End (noun)

definition:
the last section of a communication

End (noun)

definition:
the concluding parts of an event or occurrence

example:
"the end was exciting"

End (noun)

definition:
a boundary marking the extremities of something

example:
"the end of town"

End (noun)

definition:
either extremity of something that has length

example:
"the end of the pier"

End (noun)

definition:
the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object

example:
"one end of the box was marked `This side up'"

End (noun)

definition:
one of two places from which people are communicating to each other

example:
"the phone rang at the other end"

End (noun)

definition:
(football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage

example:
"the end managed to hold onto the pass"

End (noun)

definition:
a final state

example:
"After a life of misdeeds, they came to a bad end."

End (noun)

definition:
the point in time at which something ends

example:
"the end of the year"

End (verb)

definition:
bring to an end or halt

example:
"They ended our friendship when they found out that we had once been convicted of a crime."

End (verb)

definition:
put an end to

example:
"The terrible news ended our hopes that there were survivors."

End (verb)

definition:
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense

End (verb)

definition:
be the end of