Meaning

10 senses
  1. (transitive)To remove by cutting.

    abschneiden

    отреза́тьotrezátʹ, отре́затьotrézatʹ

    remove by or as if by cutting

  2. (transitive)To isolate or remove from contact.

    abschneiden

    отреза́тьotrezátʹ, отре́затьotrézatʹ, изоли́роватьizolírovatʹ

    remove surgically

  3. (transitive)To stop the provision or supply of something, e.g. power, water.

    cease, stop

  4. (transitive)To exclude (something) from the field of view.

    Half of his head has been cut off by the edge of the photo.

  5. (transitive)To stop providing funds or something else to (someone).

    His parents cut him off to encourage him to find a job.

    You're drunk, Jerry, I'm cutting you off.

    cut off and stop

  6. (transitive)To end abruptly.

    My phone call was cut off before I could get the information.

    abbrechen, unterbrechen, abgeschnitten werden

  7. (transitive)To interrupt (someone speaking).

    That dingbat cut me off as I was about to conclude my thesis.

    unterbrechen, jmdm. ins Wort fallen, jmdm. das Wort abschneiden

    перебива́тьperebivátʹ, переби́тьperebítʹ, прерыва́тьpreryvátʹ

    перебитиperebyty

  8. (transitive)To swerve in front of (another car) while driving.

    schneiden

    подреза́тьpodrezátʹ, подре́затьpodrézatʹ

  9. (transitive)To move so as to block someone else's movement in a direction.

    I ran to the house, but Sally is quicker and cut me off.

  10. (Southern US, transitive)To turn off or switch off (an electrical device).

    Cut off the lamp so I can get some sleep.

    ausschalten, löschen, ausmachen

    отключитьotključitʹ

Examples

270 sentences
  1. The water has been cut off.

    Водопостачання відключили.

    ruВоду перекрыли.

    deDas Wasser ist abgestellt worden.

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  2. Tom cut off all ties with Mary.

    Том розірвав усі контакти з Мері.

    ruТом разорвал все связи с Мэри.

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  3. Tom cut Mary off.

    Том припинив фінансувати Мері.

    ruТом перебил Мэри.

    deTom schnitt Maria das Wort ab.

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  4. Tom cut me off.

    Том мене перебив.

    ruТом меня перебил.

    deTom hat mich unterbrochen.

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  5. I usually cut the crust off bread.

    Зазвичай я відрізаю скоринку хліба.

    ruЯ обычно срезаю хлебную корку.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to interrupt someone talking:
Русский
By meaning 5
to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop:
to isolate or remove from contact:
to interrupt someone talking:
to swerve in front of another car while driving:
to turn off an electrical device:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop:
to end abruptly:
to interrupt someone talking:
to swerve in front of another car while driving:
to turn off an electrical device:

Forms

cuts off, cutting off, cut off, cut off
Base formcut off · to cut off
3rd person singularcuts off
Present participlecutting off
Past simplecut off
Past participlecut off

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycut off
he, she, itcuts off

Past simpleLesson

all personscut off

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cut off
he, she, ithas cut off

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cut off

Phrasal verbs

15 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

14 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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