transitive. To cut off. Obsolete. (Cf. behead.)

transitive. To cut, v.: formerly the ordinary word for that action in all its varieties.

To sever (a part from the whole) by a cutting blow; now with away, off, out, from, or similar complement.

transferred. To cut away a part of, cut down, shave away. Obsolete.

transitive. To separate or remove by cutting; to sever from the main body; to lop off. With const. from or equivalent preposition, or adverb…

transitive (with off). To chop off. Obsolete or dialect.

To separate or sever by dividing or splitting.

to cut away, detach.

transitive. To cut so as to take off; to detach by cutting (something material).

To cut off (e.g. the head).

To separate or remove by cutting or slicing; to take off in this manner.

transitive. To cut superficially; to make scores or cuts in; to mark with incisions, notches, or abrasions of the skin. Also, †to score away, to…

transitive. Chiefly Surgery. To cut off or away; to perform abscission on. Cf. abscission, n. 2.

transitive. To cut up; to cut off or away. In later use chiefly Ophthalmology: to perform discission upon (the lens of the eye, a cataract…

transitive. To cut (something) off. Also with away, off.

transitive. figurative. To cut off, remove, or set aside, esp. as being superfluous.

To cut off, sever by cutting.

To cut out or off in the form of a slice or slices; to remove with a clean cut.

transitive. To cut off, lop off.

transitive. To cut (off).

transitive. To cut off or away; to remove. Obsolete.

To cut or strip off; to cut (a piece) from or out of. Obsolete.

To cut off short, lop off. Obsolete.

transferred and figurative; esp. To cut off the head or limbs of (a person). †Also with away, off.

To cut or break off, as a branch; to sever.

transitive. To cut off; to separate, detach. Now rare and literary.

To cut off by means of scissors or other sharp instrument. Also figurative.

figurative. To cut short, limit, abridge, circumscribe; to cut off. Obsolete.

transitive. To cut off, cut away; to cut free from entanglement or obstruction.

transitive. To tear or cut off; to sever or separate (a part) from a whole. Chiefly figurative.

gen. To cut or lop off, e.g. the branches of trees in pruning. Obs. exc. as a fig. use of 2.

transitive. Surgery. To cut off or away; = abscise, v. 1. Cf. abscission, n. 1. rare.

transitive. To cut off, detach, or separate from; to abstract from.

transitive. To chop off. Obsolete. rare.