Definition of Cut off

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incised, amputated, beheaded; broken off, disconnected; stopped, ceased
break off, amputate, disconnect; make an incision; behead; disinherit; stop, cease; isolate
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Cut off Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Cut off Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
(n.)
The valve gearing or mechanism by which steam is cut off from entering the cylinder of a steam engine after a definite point in a stroke, so as to allow the remainder of the stroke to be made by the expansive force of the steam already let in. See Expansion gear, under Expansion.
  
(n.)
That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or road.
  
(n.)
Any device for stopping or changing a current, as of grain or water in a spout.
  
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About
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cut off
adj : 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" [syn: severed]
v

1. make a break in; "we interrupt the program for the following messages" [syn: interrupt, disrupt, break up]


2. cease, stop: "cut the noise"; "we had to cut short the conversation" [syn: cut]


3. remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch" [syn: chop off, lop off]


4. cut off and stop; "the bicyclist was cut out by the van" [syn: cut out]


5. break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth" [syn: chip, knap, break off]


6. remove surgically; of limbs [syn: amputate]



ENGLISH IDIOMS 2.EDITION
interrupt, prevent from talking, shut down "The chairman cut me off in the middle of my question. ""You're out of order,"" he said."
English Idioms WM 1.3a
not allowed to do it any more, stopped from doing; drive in front of, swerve into your lane; interrupt, prevent from talking, shut down 
We have to cut off beer sales at 12 midnight. No more sales.
That jerk cut me off! He swerved into my lane!
The chairman cut me off in the middle of my question. "You're out of order," he said.
Australian Slang
flustered
be in a state of confusion or panic (from earlier "chooky", "chuckey", from British dialect, ultimately imitative of the cackling of chickens)
English Slang Dictionary v1.2
to restrict someone from a substance or activity: "You've had to much to drink, so I'm cutting you off"
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Verb
1. make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages"
(synonym) interrupt, disrupt, break up
(hypernym) break, break off, discontinue, stop
(hyponym) cut
2. cease, stop; "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation"
(synonym) cut
(hypernym) interrupt, disrupt, break up
3. remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch"
(synonym) chop off, lop off
(hypernym) detach, come off, come away
(hyponym) abscise
4. cut off and stop; "The bicyclist was cut out by the van"
(synonym) cut out
(hypernym) intercept, stop
5. break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"
(synonym) chip, knap, break off
(hypernym) cut
6. remove surgically; "amputate limbs"
(synonym) amputate
(hypernym) remove, take, take away, withdraw
(entail) cut

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"
(synonym) severed
(similar) cut
Cut off Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
Glossary of Iron Casting Terms
Removing casting from sprue by refractory wheel or saw, arc-air torch or gas torch.
Cut off Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
US Zip Codes
State: LOUISIANA
City: CUT OFF
DOD Dictionary of Military Terms
(*) The deliberate shutting off of a reaction engine.
  
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Cut off Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
A cut-off, also known as a kutte or "battle jacket" in heavy metal subcultures, is a type of vest or jacket which originated in the biker subculture and has now found popularity in the punk and various heavy metal subcultures. Biker, metal and punk subcultures differ in how the garment itself is prepared, what decorations are applied, and how this is done.

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Cutoff or cut off or cut-off may refer to:
Science and technology
  • Cutoff (physics), a threshold value for a quantity
  • Cutoff (reference value), a one-sided reference range
  • Cutoff (steam engine), the point in the piston stroke at which the inlet valve is closed
  • Cutoff (metalworking), a piercing operation used to cut a workpiece from the stock
  • Cutoff grade, in mining, the level of mineral in an ore below which it is not economically feasible to mine it
  • Cutoff frequency, in telecommunications and digital signal processing
  • Cut-off (electronics), when in a MOSFET device the gate to source control voltage is less than a threshold value denoted by or : then the channel is said to be cut-off, imposing the flow of a very low drain-to-source current
  • Meander cutoff, a course change in a meadering river
  • Fuse (electrical), a type of overcurrent protection device

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