cut off

Verb · Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Verb (6)

1. make a break in“We interrupt the program for the following messages”Synonyms: interruptdisruptbreak upcut off
2. cease, stop“cut the noise”“We had to cut short the conversation”Synonyms: cutcut off
3. remove by or as if by cutting“cut off the ear”“lop off the dead branch”Synonyms: cut offchop offlop off
4. cut off and stop“The bicyclist was cut out by the van”Synonyms: cut offcut out
5. break a small piece off from“chip the glass”“chip a tooth”Synonyms: chipknapcut offbreak off
6. remove surgically“amputate limbs”Synonyms: amputatecut off

Adjective (1)

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”Synonyms: severedcut off