What is "cut off"

n. fuse. vb. 1 To remove via cutting. 2 To isolate or remove from contact. 3 To stop providing funds to someone. 4 To end abruptly. 5 (context idiomatic English) To interrupt (someone speaking). 6 (context idiomatic drive English) To swerve in front of (another car). 7 (en-pastcut 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" [syn: severed]

1. v. make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" [syn: interrupt, disrupt, break up]

2. cease, stop; "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation" [syn: cut]

3. remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch" [syn: chop off, lop off]

4. cut off and stop; "The bicyclist was cut out by the van" [syn: cut out]

5. break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth" [syn: chip, knap, break off]

6. remove surgically; "amputate limbs" [syn: amputate]