ENDING

termination, ending, conclusion

(noun) the act of ending something; “the termination of the agreement”

ending, termination

(noun) the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); “I don’t like words that have -ism as an ending”

conclusion, end, close, closing, ending

(noun) the last section of a communication; “in conclusion I want to say...”

ending, conclusion, finish

(noun) 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”

end, ending

(noun) the point in time at which something ends; “the end of the year”; “the ending of warranty period”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

ending (plural endings)

A termination or conclusion.

The last part of something.

(grammar) The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -ing in "ending").

Synonyms

• (termination or conclusion): conclusion, end, termination

• (last part of something): end, finale

• (grammar): termination, suffix

Etymology 2

Verb

ending

present participle of end

Anagrams

• Ningde, ginned

Source: Wiktionary

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End"ing, n.

1. Termination; concluding part; result; conclusion; destruction; death.

2. (Gram.)

Definition: The final syllable or letter of a word; the part joined to the stem. See 3d Case, 5. Ending day, day of death. Chaucer.

END

End, n. Etym: [OE. & AS. ende; akin to OS. endi, D. einde, eind, OHG. enti, G. ende, Icel. endir, endi, Sw. ände, Dan. ende, Goth. andeis, Skr. anta. Ante-, Anti-, Answer.]

1. The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part; termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line, pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end to pain; -- opposed to Ant: beginning, when used of anything having a first part. Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof. Eccl. vii. 8.

2. Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion; issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event; consequence. My guilt be on my head, and there an end. Shak. O that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come! Shak.

3. Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction. Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end. Pope. Confound your hidden falsehood, and award Either of you to be the other's end. Shak. I shall see an end of him. Shak.

4. The object aimed at in any effort considered as the close and effect of exertion; ppurpose; intention; aim; as, to labor for private or public ends. Losing her, the end of living lose. Dryden. When every man is his own end, all things will come to a bad end. Coleridge.

5. That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap; as, odds and ends. I clothe my naked villainy With old odd ends stolen out of holy writ, And seem a saint, when most I play the devil. Shak.

6. (Carpet Manuf.)

Definition: One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.

An end. (a) On end; upright; erect; endways. Spenser (b) To the end; continuously. [Obs.] Richardson.

– End bulb (Anat.), one of the bulblike bodies in which some sensory nerve fibers end in certain parts of the skin and mucous membranes; -- also called end corpuscles.

– End fly, a bobfly.

– End for end, one end for the other; in reversed order.

– End man, the last man in a row; one of the two men at the extremities of a line of minstrels.

– End on (Naut.), bow foremost.

– End organ (Anat.), the structure in which a nerve fiber ends, either peripherally or centrally.

– End plate (Anat.), one of the flat expansions in which motor nerve fibers terminate on muscular fibers.

– End play (Mach.), movement endwise, or room for such movement.

– End stone (Horol.), one of the two plates of a jewel in a timepiece; the part that limits the pivot's end play.

– Ends of the earth, the remotest regions of the earth.

– In the end, finally. Shak.

– On end, upright; erect.

– To the end, in order. Bacon.

– To make both ends meet, to live within one's income. Fuller.

– To put an end to, to destroy.

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.

End, v. i.

Definition: To come to the ultimate point; to be finished; to come to a close; to cease; to terminate; as, a voyage ends; life ends; winter ends.

En"do-, End-. Etym: [Gr. In.]

Definition: A combining form signifying within; as, endocarp, endogen, endocuneiform, endaspidean.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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