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lop, sever

v. cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body"

clip, snip, trim, crop, dress, prune, cut back, lop

v. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"

off, at a distance

adv. "The boat was 5 miles off"

off, in the future

adv. "The party is still 2 weeks off"

away, off

adv. "clean off the dirt"; "She went off"

off

adj. not in operation or operational; "the oven is off"; "the lights are off"

off

adj. below a satisfactory level; "an off year for tennis"; "his performance was off"

disconnected, off, not ready

adj. not in operation or operational; "the oven is off"; "the lights are off"

sour, off, turned

adj. in an unpalatable state; "sour milk"

cut off, amputate

v. remove surgically; "amputate limbs"

part, separate, divide, take apart, pull apart, disunite, force apart

v. force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

cleave, make by cutting into

v. make by cutting into; "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"

take apart, dismember

v. divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war"

cut to pieces, dismember, tear to pieces

v. separate the limbs from the body; "the tiger dismembered the tourist"

detach

v. cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"

come off, detach, come away

v. come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"

cut short, truncate

v. make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"

dissolve, break up, cause to dissolve

v. cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"

cut, trim, reduce, cut back, cut down on, cut down, trim down, trim back, make a reduction in, bring down

v. cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"

thin, make thinner, make thin

v. make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution"

cut, prune, rationalize

v. weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"

shave, knock off

v. cut the price of

cut short, truncate

v. make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"

pare, decrease gradually, pare down

v. decrease gradually or bit by bit

disappointing, dissatisfactory, unsatisfying

adj. not up to expectations; "a disappointing performance from one who had seemed so promising"

failing

adj. below acceptable in performance; "received failing grades"

unacceptable

adj. not adequate to give satisfaction; "the coach told his players that defeat was unacceptable"

unconnected

adj. not under the control of a central computer; "off-line resources"

fermented

adj. (soured)

on

adj. in operation or operational; "left the oven on"; "the switch is in the on position"

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