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Cut Off

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Verb

1. break up, cut off, disrupt, interrupt

make a break in

Example Sentences:
'We interrupt the program for the following messages'

2. cut, cut off

cease, stop

Example Sentences:
'cut the noise'
'We had to cut short the conversation'

3. chop off, cut off, lop off

remove by or as if by cutting

Example Sentences:
'cut off the ear'
'lop off the dead branch'

4. cut off, cut out

cut off and stop

Example Sentences:
'The bicyclist was cut out by the van'

5. break off, chip, cut off, knap

break a small piece off from

Example Sentences:
'chip the glass'
'chip a tooth'

6. amputate, cut off

remove surgically

Example Sentences:
'amputate limbs'

Adjective

7. cut off, severed

detached by cutting

Example Sentences:
'cut flowers'
'a severed head'
'an old tale of Anne Bolyn walking the castle walls with her poor cut-off head under her arm'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cut Off

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verb (tr, adverb)
1. 
to remove by cutting
2. 
to intercept or interrupt something, esp a telephone conversation
3. 
to discontinue the supply of
to cut off the water
4. 
to bring to an end
5. 
to deprive of rights; disinherit
she was cut off without a penny
6. 
to sever or separate
she was cut off from her family
7. 
to occupy a position so as to prevent or obstruct (a retreat or escape)
noun cutoff
8. 
a. 
the act of cutting off; limit or termination
b. 
(as modifier)
the cutoff point
9. mainly US
a route or way that is shorter than the usual one; short cut
10. 
a device to terminate the flow of a fluid in a pipe or duct
11. Also called: offcut
the remnant of metal, plastic, etc, left after parts have been machined or trimmed
12. electronics
a. 
the value of voltage, frequency, etc, below or above which an electronic device cannot function efficiently
b. 
(as modifier)
cutoff voltage
13. geography
a channel cutting across the neck of a meander, which leaves an oxbow lake
14. geography another name for oxbow (sense 2)
noun
1. 
a limit or termination
On young girls it can look really great, but there is a definite age cut-off on this.
Make sure you get your entry in before the cut-off.
Is there a cut-off for when you can use the activation code?
2. 
an act of cutting off a supply
A total cut-off of supplies would cripple the country's economy.
The United States resisted an arms cut-off.
3. 
a device to terminate the flow of a fluid in a pipe or duct
4. US
a route or way that is shorter than the usual one
5. 
the remnant of metal, plastic, etc, left after parts have been machined or trimmed
6. electronics
the value of voltage, frequency, etc, below or above which an electronic device cannot function efficiently
7. geography
a channel cutting across the neck of a meander, which leaves an oxbow lake
8. geography another name for oxbow lake

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Cut Off

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1. 
to separate from other parts by cutting; sever
2. 
to stop abruptly
3. 
to shut off
4. 
to break in on; interrupt
5. 
to intercept
6. 
to disinherit

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cut Off

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n.
1. A designated limit or point of termination.
2. A shortcut or bypass.
3. A new channel cut by a river across the neck of an oxbow.
4. The act or an instance of cutting off: a cutoff of funds; an electricity cutoff.
5. Baseball The interception by an infielder of a throw to home plate from the outfield.
6. A device that cuts off a flow of fluid.
7. Music A conductor's signal indicating a stop or break in playing or singing.
8. cutoffs Pants, such as blue jeans, made into shorts by cutting off part of the legs.
adj.
1. Designating a limit or point of termination: a cutoff date for applications.
2. Baseball Serving to intercept or relay a throw to home plate from the outfield: the cutoff man.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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