Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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cut short | No | No | Yes | No |
cut off | No | Yes | Yes | No |
cut short (adjective) | cut off (adjective) |
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detached by cutting |
cut short (verb) | cut off (verb) |
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terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent | cease, stop |
interrupt before its natural or planned end | make a break in |
make shorter as if by cutting off | remove by or as if by cutting |
cause to end earlier than intended | remove surgically |
break a small piece off from | |
cut off and stop |