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Cut-off Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of 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" [v] cease, stop; "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation" [v] make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" [v] remove surgically; of limbs [v] break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth" [v] remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch" [v] cut off and stop; "The bicyclist was cut out by the van" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Cut-off: amputate \| break off \| break up \| chip \| chop off \| cut \| cut \| cut out \| disrupt \| interrupt \| knap \| lop off \| severed Related Terms \| Find terms related to Cut-off: abridge \| abrupt \| abscind \| alienate \| amputate \| annihilate \| ax \| ban \| bar \| bar out \| bereave \| bereave of life \| bereaved \| bereaved of \| bereft \| bisect \| bleed \| block \| blockade \| bob \| break \| break off \| butcher \| carry away \| carry off \| carve \| cast off \| cast out \| catch \| chloroform \| chop \| cleave \| clip \| close off \| count out \| crop \| cull \| curtail \| cut \| cut adrift \| cut away \| cut down \| cut in two \| cut out \| cut short \| debar \| delete \| denuded \| depart \| deprive \| deprive of \| deprive of life \| deprived of \| destroy \| dichotomize \| disarticulate \| disconnect \| disendow \| disengage \| disentitle \| disherison \| disinherit \| disjoin \| disjoint \| disown \| dispatch \| displace \| dispose of \| dispossess \| disseise \| dissever \| dissociate \| disunite \| divest \| divested \| divide \| divorce \| do away with \| do for \| do to death \| dock \| drain \| ease one of \| eject \| eliminate \| embargo \| end \| enisle \| enucleate \| eradicate \| estrange \| evict \| except \| excise \| exclude \| execute \| expel \| expropriate \| exsect \| exterminate \| extinguish \| extirpate \| finish \| finish off \| fissure \| foreclose \| freeze out \| gash \| get rid of \| hack \| halve \| hew \| ignore \| immolate \| incise \| insulate \| intermit \| interrupt \| island \| isolate \| jigsaw \| keep out \| kill \| knock off \| lacking \| lance \| launch into eternity \| lay low \| leave \| leave out \| lighten one of \| liquidate \| lock out \| lop \| lynch \| make away with \| martyr \| martyrize \| milk \| mine \| minus \| mutilate \| nip \| omit \| ostracize \| out of \| pare \| part \| parted from \| pass over \| peel \| pick out \| poison \| preclude \| prohibit \| prune \| pull away \| pull back \| pull out \| purge \| put away \| put down \| put paid to \| put to death \| put to sleep \| reject \| relegate \| remove from life \| rend \| repudiate \| rive \| robbed of \| root out \| rule out \| sacrifice \| saw \| scissor \| scrag \| segregate \| send to Coventry \| separate \| sequester \| set apart \| set aside \| sever \| shave \| shear \| shorn of \| shut off \| shut out \| slash \| slaughter \| slay \| slice \| slit \| snap the thread \| snip \| split \| stamp out \| stand aloof \| stand apart \| stand aside \| starve \| step aside \| strike off \| strip \| strip off \| stripped of \| subtract \| sunder \| suspend \| taboo \| take a break \| take away from \| take from \| take life \| take off \| take out \| tap \| tear \| throw off \| throw out \| to \| truncate \| uncouple \| unyoke \| usurp \| wanting \| whittle \| wipe out \| withdraw See Also \| abscise \| barge in \| block \| break \| break in \| break off \| break up \| burst in on \| burst upon \| butt in \| carve \| chime in \| chip at \| chisel in \| come away \| come in \| come off \| cut \| cut \| cut in \| cut off \| cut off \| detach \| discontinue \| disrupt \| harass \| heckle \| inject \| intercept \| interject \| intermit \| interpose \| interrupt \| jam \| pause \| punctuate \| put away \| put in \| remove \| stop \| stop \| stop over \| take \| take away \| take off \| take time off \| throw in \| withdraw Cut-off In Webster's Dictionary \Cut"-off`\ (k[u^]t"[o^]f`; 115), n. 1. That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or road. 2. (Mach.) (a) 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}. (b) Any device for stopping or changing a current, as of grain or water in a spout.

Cut-off Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of 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"
[v] cease, stop; "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation"
[v] make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages"
[v] remove surgically; of limbs
[v] break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"
[v] remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch"
[v] cut off and stop; "The bicyclist was cut out by the van"

Cut-off In Webster's Dictionary

\Cut"-off`\ (k[u^]t"[o^]f`; 115), n.
1. That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or
   road.

2. (Mach.)
   (a) 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}.
   (b) Any device for stopping or changing a current, as of
       grain or water in a spout.

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