Off

Definition:

  • (adv.) In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as:
  • (adv.) Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off.
  • (adv.) Denoting the action of removing or separating; separation; as, to take off the hat or cloak; to cut off, to pare off, to clip off, to peel off, to tear off, to march off, to fly off, and the like.
  • (adv.) Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement, interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the pain goes off; the game is off; all bets are off.
  • (adv.) Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away; as, to look off.
  • (adv.) Denoting opposition or negation.
  • (interj.) Away; begone; -- a command to depart.
  • (prep.) Not on; away from; as, to be off one's legs or off the bed; two miles off the shore.
  • (a.) On the farther side; most distant; on the side of an animal or a team farthest from the driver when he is on foot; in the United States, the right side; as, the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse or ox; the off leg.
  • (a.) Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from his post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent; as, he took an off day for fishing: an off year in politics.
  • (n.) The side of the field that is on the right of the wicket keeper.

Compare off with other words:

doff vs. off

koff vs. off

off vs. orf

goff vs. off

off vs. set

off vs. toff

off vs. olf

moff vs. off

oaf vs. off

off vs. oft

equally vs. off

content vs. off

close vs. off

gated vs. off

demonstration vs. off

off vs. raffle

off vs. swat

gully vs. off

cordon vs. off

from vs. off

chinaman vs. off

lop vs. off

avocate vs. off

gate vs. off

off vs. switch

kill vs. off

fresh vs. off

off vs. right

off vs. side

leg vs. off

batsman vs. off

field vs. off

off vs. rotten

half vs. off

off vs. rancid

inoperative vs. off

disabled vs. off

off vs. preposition

off vs. out

off vs. particle

adverbial vs. off

direction vs. off

off vs. ward

off vs. offer

away vs. off

cover vs. off

bad vs. off

off vs. wall

off vs. terminate

off vs. start

off vs. secure

off vs. unwind

off vs. sum