Shut off
1shut|off — shut off or shut|off «SHUHT F, OF», noun. 1. something that shuts off, as a valve or switch: »an automatic shut off. 2. the state of being shut off: »a temporary shut off of electricity …
2shut off — shut (someone/something) off to separate someone or something from others. A major interstate highway shuts the area off from the rest of the city. When her husband died she shut herself off from everyone. They just wanted to shut off all the… …
3shut off — (something) to stop the operation of a machine or system. Did you shut off the light in the bedroom? To repair the leak they have to shut the water off in the entire building …
4shut off — / shut out [v] exclude; screen bar, beleaguer, blockade, block out, close, conceal, cover, debar, discontinue, evict, fence off, hide, keep out, lock out, mask, obstruct, ostracize, refuse, seclude, shroud, veil; concepts 25,121,188 Ant. include …
5shut off — ► shut off stop flowing or working. Main Entry: ↑shut …
6shut-off — shutˈ off noun 1. A device that stops the flow or operation of something 2. A stoppage • • • Main Entry: ↑shut …
7shut-off — [shutôf΄] n. 1. something that shuts off a flow or movement, as a valve 2. a stoppage or interruption * * * …
8shut-off — [shutôf΄] n. 1. something that shuts off a flow or movement, as a valve 2. a stoppage or interruption …
9shut off — index ban, bar (hinder), block, clog, occlude Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
10shut-off — index blind (impassable) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
