Dead-end meaning
A situation or subject that allows for no progress or development.
noun
An end of a passage, especially a street, that affords no exit.
noun
A street or road affording no exit.
noun
Having no exit except for going back the way one came.
adjective
Permitting no opportunity for progress or advancement.
A dead-end job.
adjective
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Tough and rowdy.
A dead-end gang.
adjective
To terminate with no exit.
The road dead-ends at the lake.
verb
An end of a street, alley, etc. that has no regular exit.
noun
A situation from which there seems no way to escape, move forward, etc.; an impasse.
noun
Having only one exit or outlet.
A dead-end street.
adjective
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Giving no opportunity for progress or advancement.
A dead-end job.
adjective
Of or characteristic of slums or slum life.
adjective
To terminate in a dead end.
verb
To reach or come to a dead end.
To dead-end in a middle management position.
verb
(US) To come to a dead-end.
Watch out! The road dead-ends in 200 yards and there's nowhere to turn around!
verb
The end of a road, (by extension), the end of any event.
We turned into the street and realised it was a dead-end.
Mary realised her relationship with Jim had hit a dead-end.
noun