Old English | sb | English |
En | sfx | Fem suffix Gyden: goddess; wylfen: she-wolf. |
En | sfx | A english plural form now only found in 'oxen'. |
End | n | Either extremity of something that has length. 2. the outside or extreme edge or physical limit; a boundary, as 'the end of town'. 3. the point in time when an action, event, or phenomenon ceases or is completed; the conclusion. 4. a result; an outcome. 5. something toward which one strives; a goal, an intention. 6. the termination of life or existence; death. 7. the ultimate extent; the very limit. 8. Slang : the very best; the ultimate. 9. a remainder; a remnant. 10. a share of a responsibility or obligation; a particular area of responsibility. |
End | vb | To bring to a conclusion. 2. to form the last or concluding part of. 3. to destroy. 4. to come to a finish; cease. 5. to arrive at a place, situation, or condition as a result of a course of action; often 'end up'. 6. to die. |
End | sfx | Replaced by 'er' in ME - see almightend, demend (a judge), fiend, friend, healand (the healer: Jesus), shapend, slinkend, stigend, waldend. |
End | phr | "All Ends Up" - completely. - |
End | phr | "An End in Itself -looked as something its own right, although it was originally undertaken for another purpose. 2. plural: end-in-themselves. |
End | phr | "At an End" - completed, exhausted, over. |
End | phr | "At, Come, or Reach the End Of One's Rope" - the limit of one's patience, when one is frustrated or annoyed |
End | phr | "At One's Wit's End" - out of patience, in state of despair. 2. perplexed, unable to proceed. |
End | phr | "At The End of One's Rope\Tether" - limit of one's patience. |
End | phr | "At the End of the Day" - finally, when everything has been taken into account. |
End | phr | "At the End of the Rainbow" - (fig.)the place where all hopes and dreams are fulfilled. |
End | phr | "At the La- at death.tter end of Life" |
End | phr | "A World Without End" - forever and ever. |
End | phr | "Be All and End All" - something considered to be of the utmost importance, something essential or ultimate. |
End | phr | "Begin at the Wrong End" - to handle a situation or problem in a confused way. 2. not understand a situation correctly. |
End | phr | "Be On the Losing End of the Stick" - be worse off while the other party to a dealing become corresponding better off. |
End | phr | "Be the End Of" - cause the death of, demise. |
End | phr | "Be Without End" - endlessly, for ever. |
End | phr | "Burn the Candle at Both Ends" - work excessively long hours. |
End | phr | "Come to a Dead End" - situation from which no progress can be made. |
End | phr | "Come to An End" - finish, conclude, end. 2. die, pass away. |
End | phr | "Come to a Sticky End" - die, end in a very unpleasant situation. |
End | phr | "Draw to an End" - bring, come to a conclusion. |
End | phr | "End for End" - in reverse position; inverted |
End | phr | "End In" - have as its end, tip or extremity. 2. come to an end, reach an end, an end in. 3. have as its result (as a war)etc., culmination. |
End | phr | "End It All" - commit suicide. |
End | phr | "End of the Earth" - any extreme. |
End | phr | "End of the Line" - enforce conclusion, where life finishes. limit, 2. a point at which no further progress is possible, where one is forced to stop, beyond which there is no hope. 3. the final place, goal at which one is aiming, where one can find peace, satisfaction, etc. 4. 'the end of the road'. |
End | phr | "End of the Rainbow" - the place where one's hopes are fulfilled. |
End | phr | "End of the Road" - the final place; goal; at which one is aiming , where one can find peace satisfaction. 2. the point at which no further progress is possible, where one is forced to stop, beyond which there is no more hope. |
End | phr | "End of the World" - completely disastrous for somebody; that somebody comfortable way of life will or has come to an end. |
End | phr | "End On" - with the end facing in the principal direction. |
End | phr | "End on End" - place on top of one another. |
End | phr | "End One's Days" - live out the last part of one's life in a particular way or place. |
End | phr | "End Over End" - in a reverse situation. |
End | phr | "End to End" - with the (short) side of one touching the (short) side of the next, and the longer sides forming a continuous line. |
End | phr | "End Up" - finally arrive, finish, become. |
End | phr | "End Up With" - finish up with, finish by doing or having. |
End | phr | "For (An) End" - in conclusion, finally, to cut the matter short. |
End | phr | "For Days on End" - for many consecutive days, for a long time. |
End | phr | "Get Hold of the Wrong End of the Stick" - misunderstand. |
End | phr | "Get the Better End Of" - get an advantage. |
End | phr | "Get Through to in the End" - to achieve a satisfactory or successful result (in the end.) |
End | phr | Go Off the Deep End" - to act in a reckless or agitated manner; lose emotional control. |
End | phr | "Have at One's Tongue End" - to know by heart, be able to quote at readiness. |
End | phr | "Have It's End Upon" - to have influence on. |
End | phr | "Have the Wrong End of the Stick" - to be completely mistaken about something. |
End | phr | "In At the Deep End" - in great difficulty. |
End | phr | "In The End" - ultimately, in end, after all, in the long run; finally. |
End | phr | "Keep One's End Up" - do one's share, contribute to a group effort. |
End | phr | "Make End's Meet" - have sufficient financial resources or money to live on. |
End | phr | "Make One's Hair Stand on End" - cause deep fear, revulsion. |
End | phr | "Never Hear the End Of" - be constantly reminded of. |
End | phr | "No End Of" - alot, much. |
End | phr | "Not Know One End From the Other" - know nothing about something. |
End | phr | "Not Look Beyond the End of One's Nose" - make only a superficial search. |
End | phr | "Not See Beyond the End of One's Nose" - be without imagination or vision. 2. make only a superficial search. 3. be narrow-minded. |
End | phr | "Not The End of the World" - the situation is not as bad as it seems. |
End | phr | "Off the Deep End" - lose control of one's temper. |
End | phr | "On End" -continuously, without a break. |
End | phr | "On One's Beam End" -in a desperate situation. |
End | phr | "Put An end To" - stop, end, finish; destroy. |
End | phr | "Run Into a Dead End" - get now where in an investigation |
End | phr | "The End" - the ultimate limit of. |
End | phr | "The End Is Not Yet" - there are more, no necessarily good or positive) things going to happen or be endured, before better times arrive. |
End | phr | "The Tail End of Something" - the very end of something. |
End | phr | "Thin Edge Of the Wedge" - the beginning (insignificant in itself)of something that eventually leads to a major difficulty. |
End | phr | "Think No End Of" - regard highly of. |
End | phr | "Throw (somebody)In at the Dead End" - tackle a new situation with its most difficult aspect. |
End | phr | "To An End" - consecutively, through period specified. |
End | phr | "To No End" - without no result or apparent success. |
End | phr | "To the End that" - in order that. |
End | phr | "To This/That End" - to achieve a satisfactory or successful result in the end. |
End-all | n | The ultimate purpose, object, finale or conclusion. |
End-all and End-all | phr | Something considered to be of the utmost importance; something essential or ultimate. |
End brain | n | The telencephalon. |
End-day | n. | Death's day, one's death day, apocalypse, revelation. |
Ende | n. | The duck |
Ender | n | Something the brings an end to. |
Endermost | adj | Nearest to the end. |
Endfall | n | Full of ends or aims, ambitious, busy. |
Endfast | adv | Standing upright. |
Endfeet | n | The somewhat enlarged, often club-shaped endings by which axons make synaptic contacts with other nerve cells or with effector cells (muscle or gland cells). Axon terminals contain neurotransmitters of various kinds, sometimes more than one. |
Endfire | n | Radiation. |
Endfully | adv | In a manner characteristic of having a goal, target or specific agenda. 2. ambitiously or busily. |
Endgame | n | The final stage of an extended process or course of events. |
Ending | n | A termination, stop, concluding point, cessation, result, conclusion, death. |
Ending-day | n | Day of one's death. |
Endland | n | A frontier region. |
Endlang | adv | Lengthwise, along. |
End-leaf | n | A blank page at the beginning or end of a book. |
Endless | adj | Eternal, everlasting. 2. of things: extended in space: boundless, infinite, bottomless. 3. infinity. |
Endless | adv | Having no end or limit |
Endlesshood | n | The quality or condition of being endless; eternal existence. |
Endlessly | adv | Without ending; in an endless manner. 2. everlastingly, perpetually, unceasingly. |
Endlessness | n | The quality of being endless. 2. something that has no end. 3. infinite or everlasting existence. 4. something indefinitely extended or lengthened; an infinite space, an interminable length. |
Endless gut | n | The colon. |
Endless-streets | n | The suburban sprawl of a metropolis. |
Endlong | adv | Along (as opposed to across) from end to end of. |
Endly | adj | Conclusive, final, extreme. |
Endly | adv | At last, finally, extremely, very. |
End-making | n | Conclusion, settlement. |
Endmark | n | A punctuation mark occurring at the end of a clause or sentence. 2. a typographical element that signals the end of an article. |
Endmost | adj | Nearest the end. |
Endplay | n | A tactical move. |
End run | n | An attempt to avoid a difficult situation by avoiding it without confronting it directly. |
Endsay | n | A final or closing word or remark; a conclusion.. |
Endship | n | Small, outlying township; a small suburb, a hamlet. |
Endsithe | n | OE. sithe: fate; death fate; andesithe. |
Endspeech | n | A speech tacked on at the end. |
End-stopped | adj | Having a pause at the end of each line. |
End times | n | The end of days, last days, final das, eschaton, armaggeddon. |
Endware | n | OE. ende-waru: a hamlet. |
Endways | adv | Endwise. 2. of position: with an end (as distinguished for a side) uppermost, foremost or turned towards the spectator. |
Endways | phr | "Endways On" - in the direction of the ends; also end-to-end; in a direct line, continuously end front. 2. in the direction of the edge; lengthness. |
Endwise | adv | Uright or standing on end. 2. with the end towards the front or towards the observer. 3. towards the ends. |
Ene | adj | Of a sheep with young, or in lamb. (See; eanian, ean) |
Ene | adv | On one occasion, once as opposed to often. |
Enes | adv | Once, on one occasion. 2. at any one time, either part, present or future; esp. to mark the completion of an action. 3. at sometime or other; formerly, once upon a time. |
Enes | phr | "At Enes" - at one and the same time. |
Englaland | n | England. |
England | n | The region of the island of Great Britain. |
Englander | n | A person of England or of English descent. |
English | n | The discipline that studies the English language and literature. 2. English an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries. 3. English (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist., 4. the people of England |
English | vb | To translate into English (a book, a passage.) 2. to give the equivalent English for a word, phrases. 3. to render in English orthography. 4. to anglicize. 5. to adopt a word into the English language; to give it a English character or form. 6. to subject to English influence. |
English | adj | of or relating to or characteristic of England or its culture or people "English history","the English landed aristocracy","English literature" 2.of or relating to the English language. |
English | phr | "The English Dearly Loved a Lord" - the English truly love their nobility. |
English breakfast | n | A traditional breakfast of the English consisting of eggs, bacon, tomatoes, fried bread, sausages, etc. |
Englished | adj | That translated into English, as ' this work here given in englished words...'. |
Englisher | n | An English person. |
Englishhood | n | The state of being English. |
Englishing | n | The action of the verb 'to English'. 2. translation or translating into English (a book, a passage.) 2. the giving of the equivalent English for a word, phrases. 3. the rendering into English orthography. 4. the adoption of a word into the English language; the giving to it an English character or form. 6. subjection to English influence. |
English ivy | n | Hedera helix. |
Englishly | adv | In an english manner. 2. after the manner of English people; like an English person. 4. by means of an English word. |
Englishman | n | A person of English origin. |
Englishness | n | The quality or state of being English, or of displaying English characteristics. |
English-saxon | n | Anglo-Saxon. |
English-speaking | adj | Said of a person, group, region etc; of an anglophone. |
English-sweat sickness | n | An infectious disease which caused many epidemics in Tudor England. |
Enough | dtr | Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate. |
Enough | adv | Sufficiently. |
Enough | prn | Enough; sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc. |
Enough | intj | Enough! stop! Don't do that anymore, etc. |
Enough | phr | "Enough is Enough" - I can tolerate no more; I have enough; I want no no more of this. |
Enough | phr | "Enough Said" - what one said, done etc is quite or more than sufficient, so that nothing else needs to be said etc; there is no need to say more; all is understood. |
Enough | phr | "Enough to Make One Weep" - so distressing or disgusting that one needs to or is made to weep. |
Enough | phr | "Enough to Wake the Dead" - very loud and noisy. |
Enough | phr | "Fair Enough" - I agree. |
Enough | phr | "His Enough" - all that one can do. |
Enough | phr | "Time Enough" - Have sufficient time enough to do something. |
Enough-bote | n | Satisfaction in compensation for injury. |
Enoughly | adj | Sufficiently. |
Enoughness | n | The quality or fact of being enough; sufficiency, adequacy. |
Enow | n | The plural of enough. |
Ent | sfx | See 'end' as in fiend, friend, healand. |
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