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 beginning, when used of anything having a first part.

Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction.

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.

This statement will terminate the program upon its execution.

a key on a wireless phone which terminates a call.

the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie"

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"

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"

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 WWI"

be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie"

The key on a cellular phone which is pressed to terminate a call.

The termination of a rope

The last part of anything; finish; final point; completion; termination. Alternately, the short edge of a panel of sheet rock that shows the gypsum core.