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7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Off \Off\, adv [OE. of orig. the same word as R. of prep., AS of adv & prep. [root]194. See {Of}.] In a general sense denoting from or away from as: 1. Denoting distance or separation; as the house is a mile off 2. 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 3. 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 4. Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away as to look off 5. Denoting opposition or negation. [Obs.] The questions no way touch upon puritanism, either off or on --Bp. Sanderson. {From off}, off from off ``A live coal . . . taken with the tongs from off the altar.'' --Is. vi 6. {Off and on}. a Not constantly; not regularly; now and then; occasionally. b (Naut.) On different tacks, now toward, and now away from the land. {To be off}. a To depart; to escape; as he was off without a moment's warning. b To be abandoned, as an agreement or purpose; as the bet was declared to be off [Colloq.] {To come off}, {To cut off}, {To fall off}, {To go off}, etc See under {Come}, {Cut}, {Fall}, {Go}, etc {To get off}. a To utter; to discharge; as to get off a joke. b To go away to escape; as to get off easily from a trial. [Colloq.] {To take off}, to mimic or personate. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Off \Off\, interj. Away begone; -- a command to depart. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Off \Off\, prep. Not on away from as to be off one's legs or off the bed; two miles off the shore. --Addison. {Off hand}. See {Offhand}. {Off side} (Football), out of play; -- said when a player has got in front of the ball in a scrimmage, or when the ball has been last touched by one of his own side behind him {To be off color}, to be of a wrong color. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Off \Off\, a. 1. 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. 2. 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. ``In the off season.'' --Thackeray. {Off side}. a The right hand side in driving; the farther side See {Gee}. b (Cricket) See {Off}, n. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Off \Off\, n. (Cricket) The side of the field that is on the right of the wicket keeper. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Edge \Edge\, v. i. 1. To move sideways; to move gradually; as edge along this way 2. To sail close to the wind. I must edge up on a point of wind. --Dryden. {To edge away} or {off} (Naut.), to increase the distance gradually from the shore, vessel, or other object. {To edge down} (Naut.), to approach by slow degrees, as when a sailing vessel approaches an object in an oblique direction from the windward. {To edge in}, to get in edgewise; to get in by degrees. {To edge in with}, as with a coast or vessel (Naut.), to advance gradually, but not directly, toward it From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: off adj 1: not in operation or operational; "the oven is off"; "the lights are off" [ant: {on}] 2: below a satisfactory level; "an off year for tennis"; "his performance was off" 3: (of events) no longer planned or scheduled; "the wedding is definitely off" [syn: {cancelled}] [ant: {on}] 4: in an unpalatable state; "sour milk" [syn: {sour}, {turned}] 5: not performing or scheduled for duties; "He's off every Tuesday"; "he was off duty when it happened"; "an off-duty policeman" [syn: {off(p)}, {off duty(p)}, {off-duty(a)}] adv 1: from a particular thing or place or position; "ran away from the lion"; " wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; (`forth' is obsolete as in "go forth and preach") [syn: {away}, {forth}] 2: at a distance in space or time; "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away back in the l8th century" [syn: {away}] 3: no longer on or in contact or attached; "clean off the dirt"; "he shaved off his mustache"
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