[syn: severed, cut off]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cut off
adj 1: detached by cutting; "cut flowers"; "a severed head"; "an
old tale of Anne Bolyn walking the castle walls with her
poor cut-off head under her arm" [syn: severed, cut
off]
v 1: make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the
following messages" [syn: interrupt, disrupt, break
up, cut off]
2: cease, stop; "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the
conversation" [syn: cut, cut off]
3: remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off
the dead branch" [syn: cut off, chop off, lop off]
4: cut off and stop; "The bicyclist was cut out by the van"
[syn: cut off, cut out]
5: break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a
tooth" [syn: chip, knap, cut off, break off]
6: remove surgically; "amputate limbs" [syn: amputate, cut
off]