cut off cut off /kʌt ɔːf/

adjective

1. () Detached by cutting  ( severed , cut off )
   detached by cutting
    Cut flowers
   cut flowers
    A severed head
   a severed head
    An old tale of Anne Bolyn walking the castle walls with her poor cut-off head under her arm
   an old tale of Anne Bolyn walking the castle walls with her poor cut-off head under her arm
   

verb

1. () Make a break in  ( break up , disrupt , cut off , interrupt )
   make a break in
    We interrupt the program for the following messages
   We interrupt the program for the following messages
   
2. () Cease, stop  ( cut , cut off )
   cease, stop
    Cut the noise
   cut the noise
    We had to cut short the conversation
   We had to cut short the conversation
   
3. () Remove by or as if by cutting  ( chop off , lop off , cut off )
   remove by or as if by cutting
    Cut off the ear
   cut off the ear
    Lop off the dead branch
   lop off the dead branch
   
4. (medicine) remove surgically  ( cut off , amputate )
   (medicine) remove surgically
    Amputate limbs
   amputate limbs
   
5. Break a small piece off from  ( break off , chip , cut off , knap )
   break a small piece off from
    Chip the glass
   chip the glass
    Chip a tooth
   chip a tooth
   
6. Cut off and stop  ( cut off , cut out )
   cut off and stop
    The bicyclist was cut out by the van
   The bicyclist was cut out by the van