Definitions for: Off


[adv] 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school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; (`forth' is obsolete as in"go forth and preach")
[adv] 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 18th century"
[adv] no longer on or in contact or attached; "clean off the dirt"; "he shaved off his mustache"
[adj] not in operation or operational; "the oven is off"; "the lights are off"
[adj] (of events) no longer planned or scheduled; "the wedding is definitely off"
[adj] below a satisfactory level; "an off year for tennis"; "his performance was off"
[adj] in an unpalatable state; "sour milk"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.



To tell off (Mil.), to divide and practice a regiment or
company in the several formations, preparatory to marching
to the general parade for field exercises. --Farrow.



To be well off, to be in good condition.

To be ill off, To be badly off, to be in poor condition.


Off, interj.
Away; begone; -- a command to depart.


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.



To be off one's food, to have no appetite. (Colloq.)


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.


Off, n. (Cricket)
The side of the field that is on the right of the wicket
keeper.

Synonyms: away, cancelled, disconnected, forth, sour, soured, turned, unsatisfactory

Antonyms: on

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