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adverb Off adv. 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." From off, off from; off. "A live coal... taken with the tongs from off the altar." 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 do a take-off on, To take off, to mimic, lampoon, or impersonate. To tell off (a)(Mil.) to divide and practice a regiment or company in the several formations, preparatory to marching to the general parade for field exercises. (b)to rebuke (a person) for an improper action; to scold; to reprimand. To be well off, to be in good condition. To be ill off, To be badly off, to be in poor condition.
preposition Off prep. Not on; away from; as, to be off one's legs or off the bed; two miles off the shore. 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, (a)to be of a wrong color. To be off one's food or To be off one's feed, (Colloq.) to have no appetite; to be eating less than usual.
adjective Off adj. 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." 3.Designating a time when one's performance is below normal; as, he had an off day. Off side. (a)The right hand side in driving; the farther side. See Gee.
noun Off n. (Cricket) The side of the field that is on the right of the wicket keeper.
interjection Off interj. Away; begone; a command to depart.
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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