cut off meaning

cut off as a verb

1. make a break in
   • We interrupt the program for the following messages

   Synonyms: interrupt, disrupt, break up

   Type of: break

   Kinds: cut, punctuate, break, put away, pause, chime in, burst in on, heckle, interject, jam, stop, take off

2. cease, stop
   • cut the noise
   • We had to cut short the conversation

   Synonyms: cut

   Type of: interrupt

3. remove by or as if by cutting
   • cut off the ear
   • lop off the dead branch

   Synonyms: chop off, lop off

   Type of: detach

   Kinds: abscise, roach

4. cut off and stop
   • The bicyclist was cut out by the van

   Synonyms: cut out

   Type of: intercept

5. break a small piece off from
   • chip the glass
   • chip a tooth

   Synonyms: chip, knap, break off

   Type of: cut

6. remove surgically
   • amputate limbs

   Synonyms: amputate

   Type of: remove

   Kinds: slough off

cut off as an 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

   Similar: cut

How to pronounce cut off

cut off is pronounced /kʌt ɒf/ in British English and /kʌt ɔf/ in American English. It has 2 syllables.