noun

• (by extension) The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
  "Is there no end to this madness?"
• (by extension, often with "the") Death.
  "He met a terrible end in the jungle."
• (cricket) One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.
  "The Pavillion End"
• (American football) The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.
  "Her husband, among various physical accomplishments, had been one of the most powerful ends that ever played football at New Haven […]."

verb

• (intransitive, ergative) To come to an end.
  "Is this movie never going to end?"
• (intransitive) To conclude; to bring something to an end.
  "The orchestra ended with a performance of Dvořák."
• (transitive) To finish, terminate.
  "The referee blew the whistle to end the game."

noun

• (underwater diving) Acronym of equivalent narcotic depth.