cutting off
Definition
- Noun:
- The act of shortening something by chopping or severing its end(s): The action of removing a part, especially an end or extremity, from something longer.
- The act of cutting something off: The general action of completely separating one part from a whole by cutting.
Usage
- As a noun: "Cutting off" is used to describe the action or result of severing something.
- The cutting off of the tree's dead branches improved its health.
- The sudden cutting off of the power supply caused a blackout.
Advanced Usage
- "the cutting off of": A formal or descriptive phrase used to specify what is being severed.
- The cutting off of diplomatic relations between the two countries was a serious development.
Variants and Related Words
- Cut off (phrasal verb): To stop, interrupt, or separate.
- The operator cut off our call.
- Cutoff (noun): A point or limit that marks the end of something; a shortcut.
- The application deadline is the cutoff for submissions.
- We took a cutoff through the woods to save time.
Synonyms
- Severance: The action of ending a connection or relationship.
- Amputation: The action of surgically cutting off a limb (a specific, medical type of cutting off).
- Disconnection: The state of being detached or interrupted.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Cut off:
- To stop the supply of something.
- The landlord cut off the water due to unpaid bills.
- To interrupt someone who is speaking.
- She cut me off before I could finish my sentence.
- To block access or isolate.
- The flood cut off the village from the main road.
Related Idioms
- Cut off your nose to spite your face: To harm yourself in the process of trying to harm someone else.
- By refusing to negotiate, he's cutting off his nose to spite his face.
- Cut off without a penny: To be disinherited.
- After the argument, he was cut off without a penny.
Noun
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the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
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the barber gave him a good cut
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the act of cutting something off
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