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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Off \Off\ ([o^]f; 115), 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:
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1. Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile
off.
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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.
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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.
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4. Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away;
as, to look off.
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5. Denoting opposition or negation. [Obs.]
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The questions no way touch upon puritanism, either
off or on. --Bp.
Sanderson.
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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 do a take-off on, To take off, to mimic,
lampoon, or impersonate.
To tell off
(a) (Mil.), to divide and practice a regiment or company
in the several formations, preparatory to marching to
the general parade for field exercises. --Farrow.
(b) to rebuke (a person) for an improper action; to scold;
to reprimand.
To be well off, to be in good condition.
To be ill off, To be badly off, to be in poor condition.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Off \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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
off and on
adv : not regularly; "they phone each other off and on" [syn: on
and off]
From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
off and on
Αγγλικά adv.
(γρ on and off μορφή en)
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
off and on
adv.
1 (alt form en on and off)
2 (lb en nautical) On different tacks, now toward, and now away from,
the land.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
off and on
adv.
1 (alt form en on and off)
2 (lb en nautical) On different tacks, now toward, and now away from,
the land.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
off and on
adv.
1 (alt form en on and off)
2 (lb en nautical) On different tacks, now toward, and now away from,
the land.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
off and on
adv.
1 (alt form en on and off)
2 (lb en nautical) On different tacks, now toward, and now away from,
the land.
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
off and on /ˈɒf and ˈɒn/
tu a tam
From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]
off and on /ˈɒf and ˈɒn/
κατά διαστήματα
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
off and on /ˈɒf and ˈɒn/
idônként
From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-nor ]
off and on /ˈɒf and ˈɒn/
av og til
intermittently
From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
off and on /ˈɒf and ˈɒn/
till och från
intermittently
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
61 Moby Thesaurus words for "off and on":
alternately, at irregular intervals, at random, back and forth,
backward and forward, backwards and forwards, brokenly, by catches,
by fits, by jerks, by snatches, by turns, capriciously, changeably,
desultorily, disconnectedly, discontinuously, eccentrically,
erratically, every other, fitfully, haltingly, hitch and hike,
in and out, in rotation, in snatches, in spots, in turns,
inconstantly, intermittently, irregularly, jerkily, lurchingly,
make and break, nonuniformly, on and off, patchily, reciprocally,
ride and tie, roughly, round and round, seesaw, shuttlewise,
spasmodically, sporadically, spottily, to and fro, turn about,
uncertainly, unevenly, unmethodically, unpredictably,
unrhythmically, unsteadfastly, unsteadily, unsystematically,
up and down, variably, waveringly, whimsically, wobblingly
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
断断续续地，不时地
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
断断续续地,间断地,偶尔
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