endless chain noun

A chain whose ends are joined

endless gearing, endless screw or endless worm noun

An arrangement for producing slow motion in machinery, consisting of a screw whose thread gears into a wheel with skew teeth

end man noun

The man at the end of a row of performers, etc

endˈnote noun

An explanatory note at the end of a chapter or volume

end-of-the-pier' adjective

Impudent, frivolous and bawdy (in the style of variety shows traditionally performed at seaside piers)

endˈ-onˈ adverb and adjective

In the direction in which the end points

end organ noun

A specialized sensory or motor structure at a nerve-end

endˈpaper noun

A paper at the beginning or end of a book, pasted to the binding and leaving an additional flyleaf

endˈplay transitive verb (bridge)

To place (an opponent) in a situation where no lead can be made which does not cost a trick (also noun)

endˈ-product noun

The final product of a series of operations

endˈ-reader noun

One who peeps at the end of a novel to see the outcome

end result noun

The final result or outcome

end run noun (US)

1. In American football, an attempt to run wide of the end of a defensive line rather than try to break through it
2. An act of circumventing a problem rather than confronting it

endˈship noun (obsolete)

A village

endˈ-stopped adjective (poetry)

Having a pause at the end of each line (of verse)

end use noun

The final use to which anything, esp a manufactured article, is put

endˈ-user noun

1. The person, company, etc who will be the recipient of a product being sold
2. (usu end-user certificate) in international trade, documentation naming the end-user of a product being sold, required eg in the exporting of arms

endˈzone noun (American football)

One of the areas at either end of the field of play into which the offensive team attempts to take the ball

all ends up

1. Completely
2. Convincingly

at a loose end or at loose ends

1. With nothing to do
2. In a state of uncertainty or confusion as to one's course of action

at an end

1. Terminated
2. Discontinued
3. Exhausted

at one's wit's end see under wit¹

at the end of one's tether see under tether

be the end of

To cause the death of (often an informal exaggeration)

end for end

With the position of the ends reversed

end it all

To commit suicide

end of story

See under story¹

end up

1. To arrive or find oneself eventually or finally
2. To finish (with with or by)
3. To become in the end

get hold of the wrong end of the stick

To misunderstand

get or have one's end away (slang)

To have sexual intercourse

in the end

1. After all
2. At last

keep one's end up

1. To maintain one's part, position, appearance, etc
2. To be content to keep one's wicket standing without trying to score (cricket)

loose end

(often in pl) an unfinished, unsettled or unexplained matter

make (both) ends meet

To live within one's income (both ends meaning both ends of the year)

no end (informal)

Very much

no end of (informal)

A great deal of

on end

1. Erect
2. At a stretch

the end

1. The last straw
2. The limit

the end of the road (or line)

The point beyond which one can no longer continue or survive