so as to be no longer supported or attached

This button is about to come off.

so as to be no longer covering or enclosing

to take a hat off; to take the wrapping off.

away from a place

to run off; to look off toward the west.

away from a path, course, etc.; aside

This road branches off to Grove City.

so as to be away or on one's way

to start off early; to cast off.

away from what is considered normal, regular, standard, or the like

to go off on a tangent.

from a charge or price

He took 10 percent off for all cash purchases.

at a distance in space or future time

to back off a few feet; Summer is only a week off.

out of operation or effective existence

Turn the lights off.

into operation or action

The alarm goes off at noon.

so as to interrupt continuity or cause discontinuance

Negotiations have been broken off.

in absence from work, service, a job, etc.

two days off at Christmas.

completely; utterly

to kill off all the inhabitants.

with prompt or ready performance

to dash a letter off.

to fulfillment, or into execution or effect

The contest came off on the appointed day.

into nonexistence or nothingness

My headache passed off soon.

so as to be delineated, divided, or apportioned

Mark it off into equal parts.

away from a state of consciousness

I must have dozed off.

Nautical . away from the land, a ship, the wind, etc.

so as no longer to be supported by, attached to, on, resting on, or unified with

Take your feet off the table! Break a piece of bread off the loaf.

deviating from

off balance; off course.

below or less than the usual or expected level or standard

20 percent off the marked price; I was off my golf game.

away, disengaged, or resting from

to be off duty on Tuesdays.

Informal . refraining or abstaining from; denying oneself the pleasure, company, practice, etc., of

He's off gambling.

away from; apart or distant from

a village off the main road.

leading into or away from

an alley off 12th Street.

not fixed on or directed toward, as the gaze, eyes, etc.

Their eyes weren't off the king for a moment.

Informal . from (a specified source)

I bought it off a street vendor.

from or of, indicating material or component parts

to lunch off cheese and fruit.

from or by such means or use of

living off an inheritance; living off his parents.

Nautical . at some distance to seaward of

off Cape Hatteras.

in error; wrong

You are off on that point.

slightly abnormal or not quite sane

He is a little off, but he's really harmless.

not up to standard; not so good or satisfactory as usual; inferior or subnormal

a good play full of off moments.

no longer in effect, in operation, or in process

The agreement is off.

stopped from flowing, as by the closing of a valve

The electricity is off.

in a specified state, circumstance, etc.

to be badly off for money.

(of time) free from work or duty; nonworking

a pastime for one's off hours.

not working at one's usual occupation

We're off Wednesdays during the summer.

of less than the ordinary activity, liveliness, or lively interest; slack

an off season in the tourist trade.

unlikely; remote; doubtful

on the off chance that we'd find her at home.

more distant; farther

the off side of a wall.

(of a vehicle, single animal, or pair of animals hitched side by side) of, being, or pertaining to the right as seen from the rider's or driver's viewpoint ( opposed to near )

the off horse; the off side.

starting on one's way; leaving

I'm off to Europe on Monday. They're off and running in the third race at Aqueduct.

lower in price or value; down

Stock prices were off this morning.

Nautical . noting one of two like things that is the farther from the shore; seaward

the off side of the ship.

Cricket . noting or pertaining to that side of the wicket or of the field opposite that on which the batsman stands.

the state or fact of being off.

Cricket . the off side.

to go off or away; leave (used imperatively)

Off, and don't come back!

Slang . to kill; slay. ?

get off on. get ( def. 57 ) . ?

get it off. get ( def. 54 ) .

off and on

Also, on and off. with intervals between; intermittently

to work off and on.

Nautical . on alternate tacks.

off of

Informal . off

Take your feet off of the table!

off with

take away; remove

Off with those muddy boots before you step into this kitchen!

cut off

Off with his head!

adjective

here , present , on

adverb

close , here , present

adjective

absent , canceled , finished , inoperative , negligible , not employed , not on duty , on vacation , outside , postponed , slender , slight , slim , small , unavailable , bad , decomposed , disappointing , disheartening , displeasing , low-quality , mortifying , not up to par , not up to snuff , poor , putrid , quiet , rancid , rotten , slack , sour , substandard , turned , unrewarding , unsatisfactory , down , dull , sluggish , soft , fallacious , false , inaccurate , incorrect , mistaken , unsound , untrue , wrong , brainsick , crazy , daft , demented , disordered , distraught , dotty , lunatic , mad , maniac , maniacal , mentally ill , moonstruck , touched , unbalanced

adverb

above , absent , afar , ahead , aside , away from , behind , below , beneath , beside , disappearing , divergent , elsewhere , far , farther away , gone away , in the distance , not here , out , over , removed , to one side , turning aside , up front , vanishing , abroad , apart , astray , away , canceled , crazy , distant , eccentric , farther , gone , incorrect , postponed , remote , slack , slim , unlit , wrong

verb

destroy , finish , kill , liquidate , slay