definition of
[cut off]

[1] #1 cut off v. make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages". wn

[2] #2 cut off v. cease, stop; "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation". wn

[3] #3 cut off v. remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch". wn

[4] #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] #5 cut off v. cut off and stop; "The bicyclist was cut out by the van". wn