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end
(American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, designating players at each end of the defensive line
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noun
(American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, designating players at each end of the defensive line
“no one wanted to play end”
noun
the part you are expected to play
“he held up his end”
noun
a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
noun
a final part or section
“we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus”
noun
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
the last section of a communication
“in conclusion I want to say …”
noun
the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
“the end was exciting”
noun
a boundary marking the extremities of something
“the end of town”
noun
either extremity of something that has length
“the end of the pier”
noun
the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object
“one end of the box was marked ‘This side up’”
noun
one of two places from which people are communicating to each other
“the phone rang at the other end”
noun
(football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage
“the end managed to hold onto the pass”
noun
a final state
“he came to a bad end”
noun
the point in time at which something ends
“the end of the year”
verb
bring to an end or halt
“She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime”
verb
put an end to
“The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived”
verb
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
“the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed”
verb
be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
“This sad scene ended the movie”
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no one wanted to play end
he held up his end
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
the ends justify the means
in conclusion I want to say …
the end was exciting
I had to miss the last of the movie
the end of town
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
one end of the box was marked ‘This side up’
the phone rang at the other end
both ends wrote at the same time
the end managed to hold onto the pass
he came to a bad end
the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end
the end of the year
the ending of warranty period
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
The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived
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
This sad scene ended the movie
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