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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
endless
    adj 1: tiresomely long; seemingly without end; "endless
           debates"; "an endless conversation"; "the wait seemed
           eternal"; "eternal quarreling"; "an interminable sermon"
           [syn: endless, eternal, interminable]
    2: infinitely great in number; "endless waves"
    3: having no known beginning and presumably no end; "the
       dateless rise and fall of the tides"; "time is endless";
       "sempiternal truth" [syn: dateless, endless,
       sempiternal]
    4: having the ends united so as to form a continuous whole; "an
       endless chain"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Endless \End"less\, a. [AS. endele['a]s. See End.]
   1. Without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual;
      interminable; -- applied to length, and to duration; as,
      an endless line; endless time; endless bliss; endless
      praise; endless clamor.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Infinite; excessive; unlimited. --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying. [R.] "All
      loves are endless." --Beau. & Fl.
      [1913 Webster]

   4. Void of design; objectless; as, an endless pursuit.
      [1913 Webster]

   5. having a linear or ribbonlike form with the two ends
      connected together, such as in a circle, ellipse, torus,
      or any other closed loop. Belts or chains used in drive
      mechanisms are considered endless in this sense. See
      endless chain.
      [PJC]

   Endless chain, a chain which is made continuous by uniting
      its two ends.

   Endless screw. (Mech.) See under Screw.

   Syn: Eternal; everlasting; interminable; infinite; unlimited;
        incessant; perpetual; uninterrupted; continual;
        unceasing; unending; boundless; undying; imperishable.
        [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for endless:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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