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Definition of Cutting off

1. Noun. The act of cutting something off.

2. Noun. The act of shortening something by chopping off the ends. "The barber gave him a good cut"

Definition of Cutting off

1. Verb. (present participle of cut off) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cutting Off

cutties cuttiest cutting cutting-edge cutting angle cutting bait cutting board cutting boards cutting down cutting edge

cutting forceps cutting implement cutting in cutting it cutting needle cutting off (current term) cutting off one's nose to spite one's face cutting one's losses cutting out cutting room

cutting rooms cutting someone some slack cutting teeth cutting tool cutting up cuttingly cuttings cuttle cuttlebone cuttlebones

Literary usage of Cutting off

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1916)
"Like the other small twig-girdlers, this species can best be destroyed by cutting off and destroying the affected branches at a time when they are certain ..."

2. Italy and Her Invaders by Thomas Hodgkin (1895)
"cutting off an ear—a quarter of the fine for homicide. ... cutting off a hand—half the fine for homicide; if so stricken as to cause paralysis, ..."

3. Punches and Dies: Layout, Construction and Use by Frank Arthur Stanley (1919)
"14, Chapter I. With the cutting off or parting die the strip of material ... The cutting off tool is not necessarily confined to simple shearing of a ..."

4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"Where a decree was made foreclosing a mortgage and expressly cutting off all right ol redemption, an action to reverse во much of the decree ел forecloses ..."

5. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"Cutting-off and Centering: After passing the inspection for straight- ness, the forgings are moved forward by overhead cranes and distributed to the ..."

6. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... by cutting off the more divergent rays and admitting only those approaching a parallel direction, which in a normal eye, are focused on the retina ..."

7. Text-book of Advanced Machine Work: Prepared for Students in Technical by Robert Henry Smith (1915)
"26 shows a cutting-off tool for all metals. A ia its top face. For clearance it is made FORGED cutting off TOOL BA FlQ. 26. — CUTTINO-OFF TOOL FOB ALL ..."

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