Meaning

• The terminal point of something in space or time.

  "At the end of the road, turn left."

• (by extension) The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.

  "Is there no end to this madness?"

• (by extension) Death.

  "He met a terrible end in the jungle."

• The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.

  "Hold the string at both ends."

• 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 Pavillion End"

• 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.

  "odds and ends"

• One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.

• (in the plural) Money.

  "Don't give them your ends. You jack that shit!"

Meaning

• To come to an end

  "Is this movie never going to end?"

• To finish, terminate.

  "The referee blew the whistle to end the game."