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Definition of Cut off
1. Adjective. Detached by cutting. "An old tale of Anne Bolyn walking the castle walls with her poor cut-off head under her arm"
2. Verb. Make a break in. "We interrupt the program for the following messages"
Specialized synonyms: Cut, Punctuate, Break, Put Aside, Put Away, Break, Intermit, Pause, Barge In, Break In, Butt In, Chime In, Chisel In, Cut In, Put In, Burst In On, Burst Upon, Heckle, Come In, Inject, Interject, Interpose, Put In, Throw In, Block, Jam, Stop, Stop Over, Take Off, Take Time Off
Generic synonyms: Break, Break Off, Discontinue, Stop
Derivative terms: Disruption, Interrupter, Interruption
3. Verb. Cease, stop. "We had to cut short the conversation"
4. Verb. Remove by or as if by cutting. "Lop off the dead branch"
Specialized synonyms: Abscise, Roach
Generic synonyms: Come Away, Come Off, Detach
5. Verb. Cut off and stop. "The bicyclist was cut out by the van"
6. Verb. Break a small piece off from. "They cut off the glass tubes"; "Chip a tooth"
Generic synonyms: Cut
Derivative terms: Chip, Chip, Chipping
Also: Chip At
7. Verb. Remove surgically. "Did he cut off his foot? "; "Amputate limbs"
Category relationships: Medicine, Practice Of Medicine
Generic synonyms: Remove, Take, Take Away, Withdraw
Specialized synonyms: Slough Off
Entails: Cut
Derivative terms: Amputation, Amputation, Amputator
Definition of Cut off
1. Verb. To remove via cutting. ¹
2. Verb. To isolate or remove from contact. ¹
3. Verb. To stop providing funds to someone. ¹
4. Verb. To end abruptly. ¹
5. Verb. (idiomatic) To interrupt (someone speaking). ¹
6. Verb. (idiomatic drive) To swerve in front of (another car). ¹
7. Verb. (past of cut off) ¹
8. Noun. fuse. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cut Off
Literary usage of Cut off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"... who was vice principal of the Southern Cotton Oil Company, [said] to petitioner
that [he] knew said lever was too long, that he would have it cut off, ..."
2. The Principles and Practice of Surveying by Charles Blaney Breed, George Leonard Hosmer (1908)
"Checking by Cut-Off Lines. — The angles may also be checked in some cases by
cutting across from one point on the traverse to another at a considerable ..."
3. The Golden Book of Marcus Aurelius by Marcus Aurelius, Meric Casaubon (1898)
"fugitive branch which, once cut off, afterwards was graffed The reunited and
restored againe: and however the soldier in^ g^An^s can tell you is not like ..."
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