end
/ɛnd/ verb A2- To come to an end. · Is this movie never going to end?· The lesson will end when the bell rings.
- To conclude; to bring something to an end. · The orchestra ended with a performance of Dvořák.
- To finish, terminate. · The referee blew the whistle to end the game.
He/she/it ends · Past ended · Past participle ended · -ing form ending
Verb forms
- Base form
- end
- He/she/it
- ends
- Past
- ended
- Past participle
- ended
- -ing form
- ending
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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After the Lion had rested they started along the road of yellow brick, silently wondering, each in his own mind, if ever they would come to the end of the woods and reach the bright sunshine again.
One end of a string was tied around the neck of each mouse and the other end to the truck.
The sides were so steep that none of them could climb down, and for a moment it seemed that their journey must end.
As for Fernand himself, he seemed to be enduring the tortures of the damned; unable to rest, he was among the first to quit the table, and, as though seeking to avoid the hilarious mirth that rose in such deafening sounds, he continued, in utter silence, to pace the farther end of the salon.
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