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End

Either extremity of something that has length
The end of the pier.

Nod

To lower and raise the head quickly, as in agreement or acknowledgment.

End

The outside or extreme edge or physical limit; a boundary
The end of town.

Nod

To let the head fall forward when sleepy.

End

The point in time when an action, event, or phenomenon ceases or is completed; the conclusion
The end of the day.
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Nod

To be careless or momentarily inattentive as if sleepy; lapse
Even Homer nods.

End

A result; an outcome.

Nod

To sway, move up and down, or droop, as flowers in the wind.

End

Something toward which one strives; a goal.

Nod

To lower and raise (the head) quickly in agreement or acknowledgment.
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End

The termination of life or existence; death
“A man awaits his end / Dreading and hoping all” (William Butler Yeats).

Nod

To express by lowering and raising the head
Nod one's agreement.

End

The ultimate extent; the very limit
The end of one's patience.

Nod

To summon, guide, or send by nodding the head
She nodded us into the room.

End

(Slang) The very best; the ultimate
This pizza's the end.

Nod

A forward or up-and-down movement of the head, usually expressive of drowsiness or agreement
A nod of affirmation.

End

A remainder; a remnant.

Nod

An indication of approval or assent
The contestant got the nod from the judges.

End

A share of a responsibility or obligation
Your end of the bargain.

Nod

(Informal) A nomination for an award.

End

A particular area of responsibility
In charge of the business end of the campaign.

Nod

(ambitransitive) To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.

End

A warp end.

Nod

(ambitransitive) To briefly incline the head downwards as a cursory greeting.

End

(Football) Either of the players in the outermost position on the line of scrimmage. Offensive ends are eligible to catch passes.

Nod

(ambitransitive) To sway, move up and down.

End

To bring to a conclusion
Let's end this discussion.

Nod

(intransitive) To gradually fall asleep.

End

To form the last or concluding part of
The song that ended the performance.

Nod

(transitive) To signify by a nod.
They nodded their assent.

End

To destroy
Ended our hopes.

Nod

(intransitive) To make a mistake by being temporarily inattentive or tired
Even Homer nods.

End

To come to a finish; cease
The rain ended.

Nod

To head; to strike the ball with one's head.
Jones nods the ball back to his goalkeeper.

End

To arrive at a place, situation, or condition as a result of a course of action. Often used with up
He ended up as an adviser to the president. The painting ended up being sold for a million dollars.

Nod

To allude to something.

End

To die.

Nod

To fall asleep while under the influence of opiates.

End

The terminal point of something in space or time.
At the end of the road, turn left.
At the end of the story, the main characters fall in love.

Nod

An instance of inclining the head up and down, as to indicate agreement, or as a cursory greeting.

End

(by extension) The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
Is there no end to this madness?

Nod

A reference or allusion to something.

End

(by extension) Death.
He met a terrible end in the jungle.
I hope the end comes quickly.

Nod

A nomination.
For the fifth time in her career she received a Grammy nod, she has yet to win the award.

End

The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.
Hold the string at both ends.
My father always sat at the end of the table nearest the kitchen.

Nod

(figurative) Approval.
The plan is expected to get the nod from councillors at the next meeting.

End

Result.

Nod

To bend or incline the upper part, with a quick motion; as, nodding plumes.

End

A purpose, goal, or aim.
For what end should I toil?
The end of our club is to advance conversation and friendship.

Nod

To incline the head with a quick motion; to make a slight bow; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness, with the head; as, to nod at one.

End

(cricket) One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.
The Pavillion End

Nod

To be careless or inattentive; to make a mistake from lack of attention.
Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream.

End

(American football) The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.

Nod

To be drowsy or dull; to doze off, especially while in a sitting position; as, half the class nodded while the professor droned on.

End

(curling) A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.

Nod

To incline or bend, as the head or top; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness with; as, to nod the head.

End

(mathematics) An ideal point of a graph or other complex. See End (graph theory)

Nod

To signify by a nod; as, to nod approbation.

End

That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap.
Odds and ends

Nod

To cause to bend.
By every wind that nods the mountain pine.

End

One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.

Nod

A dropping or bending forward of the upper part or top of anything.
Like a drunken sailor on a mast,Ready with every nod to tumble down.

End

Money.
Don't give them your ends. You jack that shit!

Nod

A quick or slight downward or forward motion of the head, in assent, in familiar salutation, in drowsiness, or in giving a signal, or a command; as, a nod of approval.
A look or a nod only ought to correct them [the children] when they do amiss.
Nations obey my word and wait my nod.

End

To come to an end
Is this movie never going to end?
The lesson will end when the bell rings.

Nod

A sign of assent or salutation or command

End

(transitive) To finish, terminate.
The referee blew the whistle to end the game.

Nod

The act of nodding the head

End

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.
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof.

Nod

Express or signify by nodding;
He nodded his approval

End

Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion; issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event; consequence.
My guilt be on my head, and there an end.
O that a man might knowThe end of this day's business ere it come!

Nod

Lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation;
The teacher nodded when the student gave the right answer

End

Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction.
Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end.
Confound your hidden falsehood, and awardEither of you to be the other's end.
I shall see an end of him.

Nod

Let the head fall forward through drowsiness;
The old man was nodding in his chair

End

The object aimed at in any effort considered as the close and effect of exertion; ppurpose; intention; aim; as, to labor for private or public ends.
Losing her, the end of living lose.
When every man is his own end, all things will come to a bad end.

Nod

Sway gently back and forth, as is in a nodding motion;
The flowers were nodding in the breeze

End

That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap; as, odds and ends.
I clothe my naked villainyWith old odd ends stolen out of holy writ,And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.

Nod

Be almost asleep;
The old man sat nodding by the fireplace

End

One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.

End

To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to terminate; as, to end a speech.
On the seventh day God ended his work.

End

To form or be at the end of; as, the letter k ends the word back.

End

To destroy; to put to death.

End

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.

End

Either extremity of something that has length;
The end of the pier
She knotted the end of the thread
They rode to the end of the line

End

The point in time at which something ends;
The end of the year
The ending of warranty period
The middle of the war
Rain during the middle of April

End

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

End

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

End

A final part or section;
We have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus
Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end
A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end

End

A final state;
He came to a bad end
The so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end

End

The surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object;
One end of the box was marked `This side up'

End

(football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage;
The end managed to hold onto the pass

End

One of two places from which people are communicating to each other;
The phone rang at the other end
Both ends wrote at the same time

End

A boundary marking the extremities of something;
The end of town

End

The part you are expected to play;
He held up his end

End

The last section of a communication;
In conclusion I want to say...

End

A piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold

End

A position on the line of scrimmage;
No one wanted to play end

End

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

End

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
The U.S. started a war in the Middle East
The Iraqis began hostilities
Begin a new chapter in your life

End

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

End

Put an end to;
The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived

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