Definition of ends

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• ends is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 5
• ends is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 5
• ends is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 6

Definition of ends

• a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. oddment
  2. remainder
  3. remnant
• bring to an end or halt (verb)

  Examples

  1. She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime

  Synonyms

  1. terminate
• be the end of; be the last or concluding part of (verb)

  Examples

  1. This sad scene ended the movie

  Synonyms

  1. terminate
• the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it (noun)

  Examples

  1. the ends justify the means

  Synonyms

  1. goal
• the last section of a communication (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. close
  2. closing
  3. conclusion
  4. ending
• the point in time at which something ends (noun)

  Examples

  1. the end of the year
  2. the ending of warranty period

  Synonyms

  1. ending
• have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical (verb)

  Examples

  1. My property ends by the bushes
  2. The symphony ends in a pianissimo

  Synonyms

  1. cease
  2. finish
  3. stop
  4. terminate
• the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence (noun)

  Examples

  1. the end was exciting

  Synonyms

  1. last
• a final state (noun)

  Examples

  1. he came to a bad end
  2. the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end

  Synonyms

  1. death
  2. destruction
• either extremity of something that has length (noun)

  Examples

  1. the end of the pier
  2. she knotted the end of the thread
  3. they rode to the end of the line

  Synonyms

  1. terminal
• a boundary marking the extremities of something (noun)

  Examples

  1. the end of town
• a final part or section (noun)

  Examples

  1. we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus
  2. Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end
• (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage (noun)

  Examples

  1. no one wanted to play end
• (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage (noun)

  Examples

  1. the end managed to hold onto the pass
• one of two places from which people are communicating to each other (noun)

  Examples

  1. the phone rang at the other end
  2. both ends wrote at the same time
• put an end to (verb)

  Examples

  1. The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived
• the part you are expected to play (noun)

  Examples

  1. he held up his end
• the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object (noun)

  Examples

  1. one end of the box was marked `This side up'

See definition of ends in Merriam Webster