ends
/ɛndz/
ends is the plural of end.
ends is the third-person singular simple present indicative of end.
Noun (1)
ends pl (plural only)
- The area in close proximity to one's home; neighbourhood.
- Don't come 'round my ends again, yeah?
- On August 6, following the circulation of conflicting accounts of the shooting, the grime MC Scorcher tweeted, '25 years ago police killed my grandma in her house in Tottenham and the whole ends rioted, 25 years on and they're still keepin up fuckry.'2015, Richard Bramwell, UK Hip-Hop, Grime and the City
- Money.
Meaning of end
Noun
end (plural ends)
- The terminal point of something in space or time.
- they followed him... into a sort of a central hall; out of which they could dimly see other long tunnel-like passages branching, passages mysterious and without apparent end.1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- conclusion, limit, terminus, termination
- Share of joint responsibility.
- Are you sure they'll honor their end of the deal?
- The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
- Is there no end to this madness?
- 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.
- O that a man might know / The end of this day's business ere it come!1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
Noun (2) capitalized: ENDS
ENDS (plural ENDSs)
- Acronym of Electronic Nicotine Delivery System, e.g. a vape, e-cigarette, etc.
Noun (3) capitalized: Ends
Ends
- plural of End
Synonyms of ends
Forms of ends
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Phrases with ends
- 3′ ends
- 5′ ends
- ends in
- ends up
- bar ends
- big ends
- cod ends
- ends off
- ends out
- fag ends
- hot ends
- nob ends
113 more phrasesFewer phrases
- tag ends
- wax ends
- wet ends
- arse ends
- back ends
- bell ends
- best ends
- book ends
- butt ends
- dead ends
- deep ends
- knob ends
- Lane Ends
- rear ends
- show ends
- stub ends
- tail ends
- warp ends
- baulk ends
- blank ends
- burnt ends
- extra ends
- front ends
- gable ends
- idiot ends
- loose ends
- other ends
- scrag ends
- sharp ends
- short ends
- small ends
- split ends
- tight ends
- waxed ends
- wits' ends
- all ends up
- bitter ends
- ends it all
- latter ends
- pointy ends
- sticky ends
- months' ends
- shallow ends
- working ends
- at loose ends
- business ends
- ends in smoke
- ends in tears
- ends lockdown
- means to ends
- odds and ends
- pointier ends
- standing ends
- cigarette ends
- Four Lane Ends
- made ends meet
- make ends meet
- pointiest ends
- rainbow's ends
- ends one's days
- ends one's life
- makes ends meet
- ends of the line
- making ends meet
- shoemaker's ends
- shoemakers' ends
- ends of the earth
- ends of the lines
- ends of the world
- genetic dead ends
- tie up loose ends
- ends in themselves
- on one's beam ends
- tied up loose ends
- ties up loose ends
- made both ends meet
- make both ends meet
- tying up loose ends
- makes both ends meet
- making both ends meet
- at one's fingers' ends
- short ends of the stick
- every stick has two ends
- all's well that ends well
- the ends justify the means
- go to the ends of the earth
- go to the ends of the world
- burn the candle at both ends
- burns the candle at both ends
- burnt the candle at both ends
- goes to the ends of the earth
- goes to the ends of the world
- gone to the ends of the earth
- gone to the ends of the world
- went to the ends of the earth
- went to the ends of the world
- burn one's candle at both ends
- burned the candle at both ends
- going to the ends of the earth
- going to the ends of the world
- burning the candle at both ends
- play both ends against the middle
- there are two ends to every stick
- work both ends against the middle
- follow someone to the ends of the earth
- follow someone to the ends of the world
- Father Charles goes down and ends battle
- follows someone to the ends of the earth
- follows someone to the ends of the world
- followed someone to the ends of the earth
- followed someone to the ends of the world
- following someone to the ends of the earth
- following someone to the ends of the world
Words that rhyme with ends
Questions about ends
- What does ends mean?
- Ends means the area in close proximity to one's home; neighbourhood.
- What is ends the plural of?
- Ends is the plural of end.
- What part of speech is ends?
- Ends is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ends?
- Ends is pronounced /ɛndz/.
- What is the plural of ends?
- The plural of ends is ENDSs.
Words near ends in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ends (page history and authors); ENDS (page history and authors); Ends (page history and authors); end (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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