noun
- The terminal point of something in space or time.
- (by extension) The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
- (by extension) Death.
- The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.
- Result.
- A purpose, goal, or aim.
- One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.
- The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.
- A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.
- An ideal point of a graph or other complex.
- That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap.
- One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
- (in the plural) Money.
Synonyms: conclusion, limit, termination, terminus
verb
- To come to an end
- To finish, terminate.
noun
- The area in close proximity to one's home; neighbourhood.
- Money.
Synonyms: hood, manor
Pronunciation
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