| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leftover part |
| Synonyms: | bit, butt end, dregs, fragment, leaving, lees, particle, piece, portion, remainder, remnant, residue, scrap, share, side, stub, tag end |
| Main Entry: | shard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end |
| Synonyms: | bit, butt end, butt*, dregs, fragment, leaving, lees, ort, particle, piece, portion, remainder, remnant, residue, scrap, share, side, stub, tag end |
| Main Entry: | tail end |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tail |
| Synonyms: | appendage, behind, butt*, buttocks, caudal appendage, conclusion, empennage, end, extremity, fag end, hind end, hind part, hindmost part, last part, posterior, rear, rear end, reverse, rudder, rump, stub, tag end, tag*, tailpiece, train, tush, wagger |
| Concept: | End. |
| Category: | 2. CONSECUTIVE ORDER |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
end, close, termination; desinence, conclusion, finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega; extreme, extremity; gable end, butt end, fag-end; tip, nib, point; tail (rear); verge (edge); tag, peroration; bonne bouche; bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard., consummation, denouement; finish (completion); fate; doom, doomsday; crack of doom, day of Judgment, dies irae, fall of the curtain; goal, destination; limit, determination; expiration, expiry, extinction, extermination; death; end of all things; finality; eschatology., break up, commencement de la fin, last stage, turning point; coup de grace, deathblow; knock-out, knock-out blow; sockdolager [U.S.].
-verbs
end, close, finish, terminate, conclude, be all over; expire; die; come to a close, draw to a close; have run its course; run out, pass away., bring to an end; put an end to, make an end of; determine; get through; achieve (complete); stop (make to cease); shut up shop; hang up one's fiddle.
-adjectives
ending; final, terminal, definitive; crowning (completing); last, ultimate; hindermost; rear; caudal; vergent., conterminate, conterminous, conterminable., ended; at an end; settled, decided, over, played out, set at rest; conclusive., penultimate; last but one, last but two, unbegun, uncommenced; fresh.
-adverbs
finally; in fine; at the last; once for all.
-phrases
"as high as Heaven and as deep as hell" [Beaumont & Fletcher]; deficit omne quod nascitur [Quintilian]; en toute chose il faut considerer la fin; finem respice; ultimus
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| Antonyms: | beginning |
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