Definición y significado de cut off

cut off (v. trans.)

1.block off the passage through"We shut off the valve"

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

3.make a break in"We interrupt the program for the following messages"

4.remove surgically"amputate limbs"

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

6.remove by or as if by cutting"cut off the ear" "lop off the dead branch"

7.cut off and stop"The bicyclist was cut out by the van"

cut off (adj.)

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"

cut off (v.)

1.cause to break into many pieces"shatter the plate"

cut off

1.isolate or separate"She was shut off from the friends"