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Definition & Synonyms
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• Off
- (adv.) Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away; as, to look off.
- (n.) The side of the field that is on the right of the wicket keeper.
- (interj.) Away; begone; -- a command to depart.
- (prep.) Not on; away from; as, to be off ones legs or off the bed; two miles off the shore.
- (a.) 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.
- (adv.) In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as:
- (adv.) 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.
- (adv.) Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off.
- (adv.) 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.
- (adv.) Denoting opposition or negation.
- (a.) 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.
Synonyms:
Away, Cancelled, Forth, Sour, Turned,
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• Offhand
- (a.) Instant; ready; extemporaneous; as, an offhand speech; offhand excuses.
- (adv.) In an offhand manner; as, he replied offhand.
Synonyms:
Extemporaneous, Extemporary, Extempore,
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• Offshoot
- (n.) That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree.
Synonyms:
Branch, Offset, Outgrowth,
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Poppy-Seed, Timely, Enthusiasm, Obscenity, Chip Shot, Consultant, Roman, Anthropomorphism, Cease, Innumerable, Bladder, Obediently, Utterance, Sick, Invaded, Pragmatic, Sheer, Particularly, Acrotis, Sprigh, Invaded, Bastardly, Guess, Lemony, Resuscitates, Skilled, Coapted, Sheer, Meningeal, Peacock, Documentation, Precursored, |
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A, A1, Aquiline, Aardvark, Aardwolf, Abaca, Aback, Abacus, Abaft, Abalone, Abandon, Abandoned, Abandonment, Abase, Abasement, Abash, Abashed, Abashment, Abate, Abatement, Abater, Abattoir, Abb, Abbacy, Abbess, Abbey, Abbot, Abbreviate, Abbreviation, Abdicate, Abdication, Abdomen, |
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