cut off meaning and definition

CUT OFF verb

Definition of cut off (verb)

1. make a break in
   • "We interrupt the program for the following messages"
   • synonyms: break up, disrupt, interrupt
2. cease, stop
   • "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation"
   • synonyms: cut
3. remove by or as if by cutting
   • "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch"
   • synonyms: chop off, lop off
4. cut off and stop
   • "The bicyclist was cut out by the van"
   • synonyms: cut out
5. break a small piece off from
   • "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"
   • synonyms: break off, chip, knap
6. remove surgically
   • "amputate limbs"
   • synonyms: amputate

CUT OFF adjective

Definition of cut off (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"
   • synonyms: severed