branch off (verb)
11give off — verb 1. have as a by product (Freq. 2) The big cities gave off so many wonderful American qualities • Hypernyms: ↑have, ↑feature • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Something s something …
12break off — verb 1. interrupt before its natural or planned end (Freq. 2) We had to cut short our vacation • Syn: ↑cut short, ↑break short • Hypernyms: ↑interrupt, ↑break …
13give off — verb Date: 1831 transitive verb 1. to send out as a branch 2. emit < gave off an unpleasant smell > intransitive verb to branch off …
14take off — verb Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. remove < take your shoes off > 2. a. release < take the brake off > b. discontinue, withdraw …
15branch — 1. noun 1) the branches of a tree Syn: bough, limb, arm, offshoot 2) a branch of the river Syn: tributary, feeder, side stream, fork, side channel, influent 3) …
16branch — 1. noun 1) the branches of a tree Syn: bough, limb, arm, offshoot, twig 2) the judicial branch of government Syn: division, subdivision, section, subsection, department, unit …
17break off phrasal — verb 1 (I, T) to suddenly stop doing something, especially talking to someone: Fay told her story, breaking off now and then to wipe the tears from her eyes. (break sth off): I broke off the conversation and answered the phone. 2 (transitive… …
18cut off — I verb 1. make a break in (Freq. 8) We interrupt the program for the following messages • Syn: ↑interrupt, ↑disrupt, ↑break up • Derivationally related forms: ↑disruption …
19hack off — [phrasal verb] 1 hack (something) off or hack off (something) : to cut (something) off in a rough and violent way She used an ax to hack the dead branch off (the tree). 2 hack ( …
20chop off — verb remove by or as if by cutting cut off the ear lop off the dead branch • Syn: ↑cut off, ↑lop off • Hypernyms: ↑detach, ↑come off, ↑come away …
