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verb1. make a break in (Freq. 8)-
We interrupt the program for the following messages
• Derivationally related forms: ↑disruption (for: ↑disrupt), ↑interruption (for: ↑interrupt), ↑interrupter (for: ↑interrupt)• Hypernyms: ↑break, ↑break off, ↑discontinue, ↑stop• Hyponyms:↑cut, ↑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• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s
-Somebody ——s something
-Somebody ——s somebody
-Something ——s somebody
-Something ——s something
2. cease, stop (Freq. 6)-cut the noise
-We had to cut short the conversation
• Syn: ↑cut• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
-Something ——s something
3. remove by or as if by cutting (Freq. 2)-cut off the ear
-lop off the dead branch
• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
-Somebody ——s something PP
4. cut off and stop-The bicyclist was cut out by the van
• Syn: ↑cut out• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
-Somebody ——s somebody
-Something ——s somebody
-Something ——s something
5. break a small piece off from-chip the glass
-chip a tooth
• Hypernyms: ↑cut• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
-Something ——s something
6. remove surgically-amputate limbs
• Syn: ↑amputate• Topics: ↑medicine, ↑practice of medicine• Hyponyms: ↑slough off• Entailment: ↑cut• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
-Did he cut off his foot?
adjectivedetached by cutting (Freq. 1)-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• Similar to: ↑cut* * *
cut off [phrasal verb]1 of a machine : to stop working suddenly : to turn offThe engine suddenly cut off. [=cut out]
The air-conditioning cut off, and the room was silent.
Cut off dead flowers to promote new growth.
He decided to cut off his beard.
He was running around like a chicken with its head cut off. [=he was acting in a very excited and confused way]
They had a vote to cut off debate on the budget.
The organization cut off its ties with the country's government.
His family cut off all communication/contact with him after the incident.
Their fence cuts off our view of the ocean.
Many of the town's roads were cut off when the river overflowed.
The army cut off all escape routes.
The power was cut off to our apartment building.
The earthquake cut off our water supply.
They've decided to cut off funding/aid to the group.
His main source of income had been cut off.
3 cut (someone or something) off or cut off (someone or something) : to cause (someone or something) to be separate or alone— often + froman island nation geographically cut off from the rest of the world
They are cut off from (contact with) the outside world.
She cut herself off from her family.
He's emotionally cut off from his wife.
I was in the middle of telling a story when she cut me off [=she interrupted me] to ask about dinner.
◇ If you get cut off when you are using the telephone, the telephone connection suddenly ends and you can no longer hear the other person.I called him, but we got cut off [=we got disconnected; the telephone connection ended] two minutes into our conversation.
In her will, she cut off her son without a cent/penny.
• • •Main Entry: ↑cut
Useful english dictionary. 2012.