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To the end

End \End\ ([e^]nd), n. [OE. & AS. ende; akin to OS. endi, D. einde, eind, OHG. enti, G. ende, Icel. endir, endi, Sw. ["a]nde, Dan. ende, Goth. andeis, Skr. anta. [root]208. Cf. Ante-, Anti-, Answer.]

  1. 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.
    --Eccl. vii. 8.

  2. 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.
    --Shak.

    O that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come!
    --Shak.

  3. Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction.

    Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end.
    --Pope.

    Confound your hidden falsehood, and award Either of you to be the other's end.
    --Shak.

    I shall see an end of him.
    --Shak.

  4. 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.
    --Dryden.

    When every man is his own end, all things will come to a bad end.
    --Coleridge.

  5. That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap; as, odds and ends.

    I clothe my naked villainy With old odd ends stolen out of holy writ, And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.
    --Shak.

  6. (Carpet Manuf.) One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet. An end.

    1. On end; upright; erect; endways.
      --Spenser

    2. To the end; continuously. [Obs.]
      --Richardson.

      End bulb (Anat.), one of the bulblike bodies in which some sensory nerve fibers end in certain parts of the skin and mucous membranes; -- also called end corpuscles.

      End fly, a bobfly.

      End for end, one end for the other; in reversed order.

      End man, the last man in a row; one of the two men at the extremities of a line of minstrels.

      End on (Naut.), bow foremost.

      End organ (Anat.), the structure in which a nerve fiber ends, either peripherally or centrally.

      End plate (Anat.), one of the flat expansions in which motor nerve fibers terminate on muscular fibers.

      End play (Mach.), movement endwise, or room for such movement.

      End stone (Horol.), one of the two plates of a jewel in a timepiece; the part that limits the pivot's end play.

      Ends of the earth, the remotest regions of the earth.

      In the end, finally.
      --Shak.

      On end, upright; erect.

      To the end, in order.
      --Bacon.

      To make both ends meet, to live within one's income.
      --Fuller.

      To put an end to, to destroy.

Wikipedia
To the End (Blur song)

"To the End" is a song by English alternative rock band Blur. It appears on their third album, Parklife, and was released as single in May 1994. The song describes a couple unsuccessfully trying to overcome a bad patch in a relationship, and features full orchestral accompaniment with a choric refrain in French by Lætitia Sadier from Stereolab. The song was produced by Stephen Hague, unlike the rest of the Parklife album, which was produced by Stephen Street. Blur have produced several different recordings of the song.

To the End

To the End may refer to:

  • To the End (Blur song), a song by the rock band Blur.
  • To the End (My Chemical Romance song), a song by the rock band My Chemical Romance.
  • To the End (Yohio song), 2014 song by Yohio
To the End (My Chemical Romance song)
  1. redirect Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

Category:My Chemical Romance songs Category:Songs written by Gerard Way

To the End (Yohio song)

"To the End" is a 2014 music single performed by singer Yohio in the first semifinal of Melodifestivalen 2014 on 1 February in Malmö Arena. The song made it to the final to be held at Friends Arena on 8 March from the semifinal, where it finished sixth overall.

Usage examples of "to the end".

I could not help gazing at these riches buried in the entrails of Mother Earth, and of which no man would have the enjoyment to the end of time!

How do you know that this passage does not take us direct to the end we require?

He was holding on with might and main to the end of a cable, and appeared to gaze with pleasure and delight at the spectacle of the unchained elements.

He walked to the end of the trench, where a tree had been uprooted, sat down behind it, and laid the rifle across the trunk.

Lula and I walked to the end of the block and then cut down the alley, peering into filthy garage windows, cracking garage doors to look inside.

He cemented a smaller, sharp-edged diamond to the end of a cleaving stick and began the laborious, time-honored process of kerfing.

Few time travelers, however, were given the rings which tapped the energy of the old cities, certainly not when, like Miss Ming, they were comparative newcomers to the End of Time.

He followed the butler to the end of the hall, disturbed by the lack of people.