| Main Entry: | end |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leftover part |
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bit, butt end, dregs, fragment, leaving, lees, particle, piece, portion, remainder, remnant, residue, scrap, share, side, stub, tag end |
| Main Entry: | tail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end piece, part |
Synonyms: |
appendage, behind, butt*, buttocks, caudal appendage, conclusion, empennage, end, extremity, fag end, hind end, hind part, hindmost part, last part, posterior, rear, rear end, reverse, rudder, rump, stub, tag, tag end, tailpiece, train, tush, wagger |
Antonyms: |
front, head |
| Main Entry: | shard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end |
Synonyms: |
bit, butt end, butt*, dregs, fragment, leaving, lees, ort, particle, piece, portion, remainder, remnant, residue, scrap, share, side, stub, tag end |
| Main Entry: | tail end |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tail |
Synonyms: |
appendage, behind, butt*, buttocks, caudal appendage, conclusion, empennage, end, extremity, fag end, hind end, hind part, hindmost part, last part, posterior, rear, rear end, reverse, rudder, rump, stub, tag end, tag*, tailpiece, train, tush, wagger |
| Concept: | End. |
| Category: | 2. CONSECUTIVE ORDER |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
end, close, termination; desinence, conclusion, finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega; extreme, extremity; gable end, butt end, fag-end; tip, nib, point; tail (rear); verge (edge); tag, peroration; bonne bouche; bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard., consummation, denouement; finish (completion); fate; doom, doomsday; crack of doom, day of Judgment, dies irae, fall of the curtain; goal, destination; limit, determination; expiration, expiry, extinction, extermination; death; end of all things; finality; eschatology., break up, commencement de la fin, last stage, turning point; coup de grace, deathblow; knock-out, knock-out blow; sockdolager [U.S.].
-verbs
end, close, finish, terminate, conclude, be all over; expire; die; come to a close, draw to a close; have run its course; run out, pass away., bring to an end; put an end to, make an end of; determine; get through; achieve (complete); stop (make to cease); shut up shop; hang up one's fiddle.
-adjectives
ending; final, terminal, definitive; crowning (completing); last, ultimate; hindermost; rear; caudal; vergent., conterminate, conterminous, conterminable., ended; at an end; settled, decided, over, played out, set at rest; conclusive., penultimate; last but one, last but two, unbegun, uncommenced; fresh.
-adverbs
finally; in fine; at the last; once for all.
-phrases
"as high as Heaven and as deep as hell" [Beaumont & Fletcher]; deficit omne quod nascitur [Quintilian]; en toute chose il faut considerer la fin; finem respice; ultimus
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Antonyms: |
beginning |
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