#1 cut off v. make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages". wn #2 cut off v. cease, stop; "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation". wn #3 cut off v. remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch". wn #4 cut off s. 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". wn #5 cut off v. cut off and stop; "The bicyclist was cut out by the van". wn