Definition of end verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

end

verb

end

end

[intransitive, transitive] to finish; to make something finishThe road ends here.How does the story end?The speaker ended by suggesting some topics for discussion.end with something Her note ended with the words: ‘See you soon.’end something They decided to end their relationship.end something with something They ended the play with a song.+ speech ‘And that was that,’ she ended.

Idioms

a/the something to end all sths

used to emphasize how large, important, exciting, etc. you think something is

The movie has a car chase to end all car chases.

end your days/life (in something)

to spend the last part of your life in a particular state or place

He ended his days in poverty.

end in tears

(British English, informal) if you say that something will end in tears, you are warning somebody that what they are doing will have an unhappy or unpleasant result

end it all

end your life

to kill yourself

Phrasal verbs

end in something

[no passive]

1 to have something as an endingThe word I'm thinking of ends in ‘-ous’.

2 to have something as a resultTheir long struggle ended in failure.The debate ended in uproar.

end up

to find yourself in a place or situation that you did not intend or expect to be inend doing something I ended up doing all the work myself.+ adverb/preposition If you go on like this you'll end up in prison.+ adjective If he carries on driving like that, he'll end up dead.