Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cut_off

3 senses of cutoff

Sense 1
cutoff -- (a designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated)
       => limit, limitation -- (the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed; "there are limits on the amount you can bet"; "it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight")

Sense 2
shortcut, cutoff, crosscut -- (a route shorter than the usual one)
       => road, route -- (an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation)

Sense 3
cutoff -- (a device that terminates the flow in a pipe)
       => device -- (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cut_off

6 senses of cut off

Sense 1
interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off -- (make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages")
       => break, break off, discontinue, stop -- (prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations")

Sense 2
cut, cut off -- (cease, stop; "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation")
       => interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off -- (make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages")

Sense 3
cut off, chop off, lop off -- (remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch")
       => detach, come off, come away -- (come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery")

Sense 4
cut off, cut out -- (cut off and stop; "The bicyclist was cut out by the van")
       => intercept, stop -- (seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace")

Sense 5
chip, knap, cut off, break off -- (break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth")
       => cut -- (separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope")

Sense 6
amputate, cut off -- (remove surgically; "amputate limbs")
       => remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment")

Antonyms of adj cut_off

1 sense of cut off

Sense 1
severed, cut off -- (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")

INDIRECT (VIA cut) -> uncut -- (not cut)

Similarity of adj cut_off

1 sense of cut off

Sense 1
severed, cut off -- (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 (vs. uncut) -- (separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument; "the cut surface was mottled"; "cut tobacco"; "blood from his cut forehead"; "bandages on her cut wrists")