n. terminates the flow in a pipe

v. cease, stop; "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation"

v. make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages"

v. remove surgically; "amputate limbs"

v. break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"

v. remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch"

v. cut off and stop; "The bicyclist was cut out by the van"