Cut off has 9 different meanings across 2 categories:
Verb
· Adjective
Noun
Verb
1
make a break in
"We interrupt the program for the following messages"
2
cease, stop
"cut the noise"
"We had to cut short the conversation"
3
remove by or as if by cutting
"cut off the ear"
"lop off the dead branch"
4
cut off and stop
"The bicyclist was cut out by the van"
5
break a small piece off from
"chip the glass"
"chip a tooth"
6
remove surgically
"amputate limbs"
Adjective
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"
Example Sentences
"We interrupt the program for the following messages"
verb
"cut the noise"
verb
"We had to cut short the conversation"
verb
"cut off the ear"
verb
"lop off the dead branch"
verb
"The bicyclist was cut out by the van"
verb
"chip the glass"
verb
"chip a tooth"
verb
"amputate limbs"
verb
"cut flowers"
adjective
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