Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Ending \End"ing\, n.
   1. Termination; concluding part; result; conclusion;
      destruction; death.

   2. (Gram.) The final syllable or letter of a word; the part
      joined to the stem. See 3d {Case}, 5.

   {Ending day}, day of death. --Chaucer.

Source : WordNet®

ending
     n 1: the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final
          morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an
          ending" [syn: {termination}]
     2: the act of ending something; "the termination of the
        agreement" [syn: {termination}, {conclusion}]
     3: the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the
        year"; "the ending of warranty period" [syn: {end}] [ant:
        {beginning}, {middle}]
     4: event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the
        ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are
        broadcast it will be the finish of the show" [syn: {conclusion},
         {finish}] [ant: {beginning}]
     5: the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want
        to say..." [syn: {conclusion}, {end}, {close}, {closing}]