n. One of the terminal points or parts of that which has length, or more length than breadth; the part which lies at one of the extremities of a line, or of whatever has longitudinal extension: as, the end of a house or of a table; the end of the street; each end of a chain or rope.n. One of the extreme or furthermost parts of an extended surface; especially, the part or limit furthest away from the speaker, or from a customary point of view: as, the ends of the earth; the southern end of the Atlantic ocean; she is at the end of the garden.n. The point at which continuity or duration ceases or terminates; the close or termination of a series, or of whatever has continuity or duration; conclusion: the opposite of beginning: as, the end of time; the end of a controversy or of a book; the end of the year or of the season.n. Used absolutely, the close of life; death.n. A cause of death, destruction, or ruin: as, this cough will be the end of me.n. A remnant or portion left over; a fragment: as, candle-ends.n. That for which anything exists or is done; a result designed or intended; ultimate object or purpose: as, “the end justifies the means.”n. A necessary termination or consequence; an inevitable issue or conclusion; especially, in logic, a result toward which the action of anything tends, in such a manner that if its attainment in one way is prevented some other action tending to the same result will be set up, or so that there is some tendency to such substitution of one means for another.n. In archery, the number of arrows shot from one end of the range, before proceeding to shoot from the other.n. Nautical, entirely: said of running ropes, cables, etc., when entirely run out of the blocks or the hawsehole.n. In coal-mining, at right angles to the cleat, or most distinctly marked set of joint-planes: said of a mode of working a mass of coal: opposed to face on.n. Without end or limit; infinitely; extremely.n. Resting or standing on one end; upright: as, place the log on end.n. In immediate sequence or succession; continuously.n. To get the better part of; have the advantage in: as, to get the better end of a bargain.n. To bring about the end; effect the termination or conclusion: with of.n. Confess them … to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same.n. Book of Common Prayer, Exhortation to Confession of Sins.n. Synonyms See extremity.To bring to an end or a close; make an end of; terminate: as, to end a controversy; to end a war.Specifically To bring the life of to an end; kill; destroy; put to death.To furnish the end of, as for protection or embellishment: as, to end a cane with an iron ferrule.To set on end; set upright.To come to an end or a close; reach the ultimate or finishing point; terminate; conclude; cease: as, a voyage ends with the return of a ship.Specifically, to die.n. One length of a piece of woven woolen or cotton goods.n. In mining, that one of two vertical sets of joints in coal which shows the rougher surface.