Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

End \End\, n. [OE. & AS. ende; akin to OS. endi, D. einde, eind,
   OHG. enti, G. ende, Icel. endir, endi, Sw. ["a]nde, Dan.
   ende, Goth. andeis, Skr. anta. ????. Cf. {Ante-}, {Anti-},
   {Answer}.]
   1. 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.

            Better is the end of a thing than the beginning
            thereof.                              --Eccl. vii.
                                                  8.

   2. Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion;
      issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive
      event; consequence.

            My guilt be on my head, and there an end. --Shak.

            O that a man might know The end of this day's
            business ere it come!                 --Shak.

   3. Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination;
      also, cause of death or destruction.

            Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end. --Pope.

            Confound your hidden falsehood, and award Either of
            you to be the other's end.            --Shak.

            I shall see an end of him.            --Shak.

   4. 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.

            Losing her, the end of living lose.   --Dryden.

            When every man is his own end, all things will come
            to a bad end.                         --Coleridge.

   5. That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap; as,
      odds and ends.

            I clothe my naked villainy With old odd ends stolen
            out of holy writ, And seem a saint, when most I play
            the devil.                            --Shak.

   6. (Carpet Manuf.) One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a
      Brussels carpet.

End \End\, 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.

End \End\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ended}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Ending}.]
   1. To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to
      terminate; as, to end a speech. ``I shall end this
      strife.'' --Shak.

            On the seventh day God ended his work. --Gen. ii. 2.

   2. To form or be at the end of; as, the letter k ends the
      word back.

   3. To destroy; to put to death. ``This sword hath ended
      him.'' --Shak.

   {To end up}, to lift or tilt, so as to set on end; as, to end
      up a hogshead.

Source : WordNet®

end
     v 1: 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 ends in a pianissimo"
          [syn: {stop}, {finish}, {terminate}, {cease}] [ant: {begin}]
     2: 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 WWI" [syn: {terminate}] [ant: {begin}, {get
        down}]
     3: be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad
        scene ended the movie" [syn: {terminate}]
     4: put an end to; "The terrible news ended our hopes that he
        had survived"

end
     n 1: 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"
     2: the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the
        year"; "the ending of warranty period" [syn: {ending}]
        [ant: {beginning}, {middle}]
     3: the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was
        exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie" [syn: {last},
         {final stage}]
     4: the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and
        that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to
        achieve it; "the ends justify the means" [syn: {goal}]
     5: a final part or section; "we have given it at the end of the
        section since it involves the calculus"; "Start at the
        beginning and go on until you come to the end" [ant: {beginning},
         {middle}]
     6: a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called
        glorious experiment came to an inglorious end" [syn: {destruction},
         {death}]
     7: the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional
        object; "one end of the box was marked `This side up'"
     8: (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of
        scrimmage; "the end managed to hold onto the pass"
     9: one of two places from which people are communicating to
        each other; "the phone rang at the other end"; "both ends
        wrote at the same time"
     10: a boundary marking the extremities of something; "the end of
         town"
     11: the part you are expected to play; "he held up his end"
     12: the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want
         to say..." [syn: {conclusion}, {close}, {closing}, {ending}]
     13: a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been
         used or sold [syn: {remainder}, {remnant}, {oddment}]
     14: a position on the line of scrimmage; "no one wanted to play
         end"