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(noun) oddment, remainder, remnant
a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
(noun) goal
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
(noun) close, closing, conclusion, ending
the last section of a communication
in conclusion I want to say...
(noun) last, final stage
the concluding parts of an event or occurrence
the end was exciting; I had to miss the last of the movie
(noun) 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
(noun) death, destruction
a final state
he came to a bad end; the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end
(noun) ending
the point in time at which something ends
the end of the year; the ending of warranty period
(verb) 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
(verb) cease, stop, terminate, finish
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
(verb) terminate
be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
This sad scene ended the movie