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Alternative form of cutoff.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To remove by cutting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: prune, trim
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: amputate
To isolate or remove from contact.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To stop the provision or supply of something, e.g. power, water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To exclude (something) from the field of view.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Half of his head has been cut off by the edge of the photo.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To stop providing funds or something else to (someone).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- His parents cut him off to encourage him to find a job.
- You're drunk, Jerry, I'm cutting you off.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To end abruptly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- My phone call was cut off before I could get the information.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To interrupt (someone speaking).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- That dingbat cut me off as I was about to conclude my thesis.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To swerve in front of (another car) while driving.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cut up
Antonyms: none provided
To move so as to block someone else's movement in a direction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- I ran to the house, but Sally is quicker and cut me off.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To turn off or switch off (an electrical device).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Southern-US, transitive
Examples
- Cut off the lamp so I can get some sleep.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
12
adjective satellite
Meaning 12
detached by cutting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- cut flowers
- a severed head
- an old tale of Anne Bolyn walking the castle walls with her poor cut-off head under her arm
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: severed
Antonyms: none provided
cease, stop
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- cut the noise
- We had to cut short the conversation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cut
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
make a break in
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- We interrupt the program for the following messages
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: interrupt, disrupt, break up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: break, break off, discontinue, stop
Narrower terms: cut, cut off, punctuate, break, put away, put aside, pause, intermit, chime in, cut in, put in, butt in, chisel in, barge in, break in, burst in on, burst upon, heckle, interject, come in, interpose, throw in, inject, jam, block, stop, stop over, take off, take time off
remove surgically
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: amputate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: remove, take, take away, withdraw
Narrower terms: slough off
break a small piece off from
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- chip the glass
- chip a tooth
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chip, knap, break off
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cut
remove by or as if by cutting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- cut off the ear
- lop off the dead branch
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chop off, lop off
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: detach, come off, come away
Narrower terms: abscise, roach
cut off and stop
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The bicyclist was cut out by the van
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cut out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: intercept, stop
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
112 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
قَطَعَ
(qaṭaʕa)
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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Chinese Mandarin:
切下
(qièxià)
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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Chinese Mandarin:
割下
(gēxià)
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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Egyptian:
d:n-T30
(dn)
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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Esperanto:
fortranĉi
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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Finnish:
katkaista
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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French:
tailler
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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French:
couper
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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French:
trancher
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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Galician:
cortar
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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German:
abschneiden
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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Hittite:
𒋼𒀀𒀸𒅆𒂊𒄑𒍣
(kar-aš-ši-e-ez-zi)
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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Hittite:
𒋼𒀀𒀸𒍣
(kar-aš-zi)
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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Hungarian:
levág
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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Ido:
tranchar
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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Indonesian:
putus
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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Indonesian:
potong
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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Irish:
scoith
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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Japanese:
断つ
(tatsu)
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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Latin:
praecīdō
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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Latin:
amputō
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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Latin:
dēsecō
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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Plautdietsch:
aufhaken
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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Polish:
odcinać
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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Polish:
odciąć
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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Portuguese:
recortar
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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Quechua:
t'ipiy
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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Quechua:
qhulluy
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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Russian:
отреза́ть
(otrezátʹ)
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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Russian:
отре́зать
(otrézatʹ)
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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Swedish:
skära av
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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Swedish:
avskära
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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Swedish:
kapa
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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Tocharian B:
kärst-
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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Tocharian B:
lātk-
— to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
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Chinese Mandarin:
隔斷 /隔断
(géduàn)
— to isolate or remove from contact
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Finnish:
eristää
— to isolate or remove from contact
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French:
couper
— to isolate or remove from contact
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German:
abschneiden
— to isolate or remove from contact
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Ancient Greek:
ἀπολαμβάνω
(apolambánō)
— to isolate or remove from contact
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Polish:
odcinać
— to isolate or remove from contact
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Polish:
odciąć
— to isolate or remove from contact
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Portuguese:
cortar
— to isolate or remove from contact
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Russian:
отреза́ть
(otrezátʹ)
— to isolate or remove from contact
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Russian:
отре́зать
(otrézatʹ)
— to isolate or remove from contact
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Russian:
изоли́ровать
(izolírovatʹ)
— to isolate or remove from contact
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Swedish:
bryta
— to isolate or remove from contact
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Swedish:
skära av
— to isolate or remove from contact
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Swedish:
avbryta
— to isolate or remove from contact
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Swedish:
avskära
— to isolate or remove from contact
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Swedish:
bortkoppla
— to isolate or remove from contact
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Swedish:
urkoppla
— to isolate or remove from contact
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Finnish:
lopettaa tuki
— to stop providing funds to (someone)
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Finnish:
katkaista
— to end abruptly
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French:
couper
— to end abruptly
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German:
abbrechen
— to end abruptly
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German:
unterbrechen
— to end abruptly
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German:
abgeschnitten werden
— to end abruptly
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Polish:
rozłączać
— to end abruptly
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Polish:
rozłączyć
— to end abruptly
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Portuguese:
cortar
— to end abruptly
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Spanish:
cortar
— to end abruptly
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Swedish:
avbryta
— to end abruptly
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Finnish:
keskeyttää
— to interrupt someone talking
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French:
couper la parole
— to interrupt someone talking
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German:
unterbrechen
— to interrupt someone talking
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German:
jmdm. ins Wort fallen
— to interrupt someone talking
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German:
jmdm. das Wort abschneiden
— to interrupt someone talking
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Polish:
przerwać
— to interrupt someone talking
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Polish:
przerywać
— to interrupt someone talking
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Portuguese:
cortar
— to interrupt someone talking
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Russian:
перебива́ть
(perebivátʹ)
— to interrupt someone talking
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Russian:
переби́ть
(perebítʹ)
— to interrupt someone talking
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Russian:
прерыва́ть
(preryvátʹ)
— to interrupt someone talking
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Russian:
прерва́ть
(prervátʹ)
— to interrupt someone talking
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Swedish:
avbryta
— to interrupt someone talking
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Turkish:
bölmek
— to interrupt someone talking
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Turkish:
kesmek
— to interrupt someone talking
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Turkish:
sözünü kesmek
— to interrupt someone talking
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Ukrainian:
перебити
(perebyty)
— to interrupt someone talking
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Finnish:
kiilata
— to swerve in front of another car while driving
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French:
faire une queue de poisson
— to swerve in front of another car while driving
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French:
couper la route
— to swerve in front of another car while driving
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German:
schneiden
— to swerve in front of another car while driving
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Hungarian:
bevág
— to swerve in front of another car while driving
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Japanese:
割り込む
(warikomu)
— to swerve in front of another car while driving
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Portuguese:
cortar
— to swerve in front of another car while driving
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Russian:
подреза́ть
(podrezátʹ)
— to swerve in front of another car while driving
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Russian:
подре́зать
(podrézatʹ)
— to swerve in front of another car while driving
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Spanish:
corchar
— to swerve in front of another car while driving
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Spanish:
meterse
— to swerve in front of another car while driving
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Spanish:
cerrar
— to swerve in front of another car while driving
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Spanish:
atravesarse
— to swerve in front of another car while driving
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Swedish:
preja
— to swerve in front of another car while driving
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Finnish:
sammuttaa
— to turn off an electrical device
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Finnish:
sulkea
— to turn off an electrical device
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German:
ausschalten
— to turn off an electrical device
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German:
löschen
— to turn off an electrical device
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German:
ausmachen
— to turn off an electrical device
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German:
ausknipsen
— to turn off an electrical device
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Russian:
отключить
(otključitʹ)
— to turn off an electrical device
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Swedish:
bryta
— to turn off an electrical device
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Swedish:
koppla bort
— to turn off an electrical device
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Swedish:
koppla ifrån
— to turn off an electrical device
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Swedish:
koppla ur
— to turn off an electrical device
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Swedish:
bortkoppla
— to turn off an electrical device
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Swedish:
frånkoppla
— to turn off an electrical device
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Swedish:
urkoppla
— to turn off an electrical device
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Swedish:
stänga av
— to turn off an electrical device
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Swedish:
avstänga
— to turn off an electrical device
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Turkish:
gitmek
— to turn off an electrical device
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Turkish:
kesilmek
— to turn off an electrical device
