off
off is a 3-letter English word with 20 senses as adverb, interjection, preposition, adjective, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as:. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adverb. In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as:
- adverb. Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off.
- adverb. 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.
- adverb. 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.
- adverb. Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away; as, to look off.
- adverb. Denoting opposition or negation.
- interjection. Away; begone; -- a command to depart.
- preposition. Not on; away from; as, to be off one's legs or off the bed; two miles off the shore.
- adjective. 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.
- adjective. 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.
- noun. The side of the field that is on the right of the wicket keeper.
- verb. kill intentionally and with premeditation
"The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
- adjective. not performing or scheduled for duties
"He's off every Tuesday"
- adjective. not in operation or operational
"the oven is off"
"the lights are off"
- adjective. (of events) no longer planned or scheduled
"the wedding is definitely off"
- adjective. below a satisfactory level
"an off year for tennis"
"his performance was off"
- adjective. in an unpalatable state
"sour milk"
- adverb. no longer on or in contact or attached
"clean off the dirt"
"he shaved off his mustache"
- adverb. from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
"ran away from the lion"
"wanted to get away from there"
- adverb. at a distance in space or time
"the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"
"the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"
Synonyms
dispatch, hit, murder, remove, slay, cancelled, sour, turned, away, forth
Common word forms
offs, offal, offed, offer, offing
Words from these letters
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