Off Definition–adverb | 1. | so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come off. | | 2. | so as to be no longer covering or enclosing: to take a hat off; to take the wrapping off. | | 3. | away from a place: to run off; to look off toward the west. | | 4. | away from a path, course, etc.; aside: This road branches off to Grove City. | | 5. | so as to be away or on one's way: to start off early; to cast off. | | 6. | away from what is considered normal, regular, standard, or the like: to go off on a tangent. | | 7. | from a charge or price: He took 10 percent off for all cash purchases. | | 8. | at a distance in space or future time: to back off a few feet; Summer is only a week off. | | 9. | out of operation or effective existence: Turn the lights off. | | 10. | into operation or action: The alarm goes off at noon. | | 11. | so as to interrupt continuity or cause discontinuance: Negotiations have been broken off. | | 12. | in absence from work, service, a job, etc.: two
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days off at Christmas. | | 13. | completely; utterly: to kill off all the inhabitants. | | 14. | with prompt or ready performance: to dash a letter off. | | 15. | to fulfillment, or into execution or effect: The contest came off on the appointed day. | | 16. | into nonexistence or nothingness: My headache passed off soon. | | 17. | so as to be delineated, divided, or apportioned: Mark it off into equal parts. | | 18. | away from a state of consciousness: I must have dozed off. | | 19. | Nautical. away from the land, a ship, the wind, etc. | –preposition | 20. | so as no longer to be supported by, attached to, on, resting on, or unified with: Take your feet off the table! Break a piece of bread off the loaf. | | 21. | deviating from: off balance; off course. | | 22. | below or less than the usual or expected level or standard: 20 percent off the marked price; I was off my golf game. | | 23. | away, disengaged, or resting from: to be off duty on Tuesdays. | | 24. | Informal. refraining or abstaining from; denying oneself the pleasure, company, practice, etc., of: He's off gambling. | | 25. | away from; apart or distant from: a village off the main road. | | 26. | leading into or away from: an alley off 12th Street. | | 27. | not fixed on or directed toward, as the gaze, eyes, etc.: Their eyes weren't off the king fo
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r a moment. | | 28. | Informal. from (a specified source): I bought it off a street vendor. | | 29. | from or of, indicating material or component parts: to lunch off cheese and fruit. | | 30. | from or by such means or use of: living off an inheritance; living off his parents. | | 31. | Nautical. at some distance to seaward of: off Cape Hatteras. | –adjective | 32. | in error; wrong: You are off on that point. | | 33. | slightly abnormal or not quite sane: He is a little off, but he's really harmless. | | 34. | not up to standard; not so good or satisfactory as usual; inferior or subnormal: a good play full of off moments. | | 35. | no longer in effect, in operation, or in process: The agreement is off. | | 36. | stopped from flowing, as by the closing of a valve: The electricity is off. | | 37. | in a specified state, circumstance, etc.: to be badly off for money. | | 38. | (of time) free from work or duty; nonworking: a pastime for one's off hours. | | 39. | not working at one's usual occupation: We're off Wednesdays during the summer. | | 40. | of less than the ordinary activity, liveliness, or lively interest; slack: an off season in the tourist trade. | | 41. | unlikely; remote; doubtful: on the off chance that we'd find her at home. | | 42. | more distant; farther: the off side of a wall. | | 43. | (of a vehicle, single animal, or pair of animals hitched side by side) of, being, or pertaining to the right as seen from the rider's or driver's viewpoint (opposed to near ): the off horse; the off side. | | 44. | starting on one's way; leaving: I'm off to Europe on Monday. They're off and running in the third race at Aqueduct. | | 45. | lower in price or value; down: Stock prices were off this morning. | | 46. | Nautical. noting one of two like things that is the farther from the shore; seaward: the off side of the ship. | | 47. | Cricket. noting or pertaining to that side of the wicket or of the field opposite that on which the batsman stands. | –noun | 48. | the state or fact of being off. | | 49. | Cricket. the off side. | –verb (used without object) | 50. | to go off or away; leave (used imp
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Road Definition–noun | 1. | a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway. | | 2. | a way or course: the road to peace. | | 4. | Often, roads. Also called roadstead. Nautical. a partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor. | | 5. | Mining. any tunnel in a mine used for hauling.
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| | 6. | the road, the places, usually outside of New York City, at which theatrical companies on tour generally give performances. | —Idioms | 7. | burn up the road, Slang. to drive or move very fast. | | 8. | down the road, in the future: Economists see higher interest rates down the road. | | 9. | hit the road, Slang. to begin or resume traveling: We hit the road before sunrise. | | 10. | one for the road, a final alcoholic drink taken just before departing from a party, tavern, or the like. | | 11. | on the road, | a. | traveling, esp. as a sales representative. | | b. | on tour, as a theatrical company: The musical ends its New York run next week to go on the road. | | c. | started; under way: We need funds to get the project on the road. | | | 12. | take to the road, to begin a journey or tour. Also, take the road. | |
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Tire Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to reduce or exhaust the strength of, as by exertion; make weary; fatigue: The long walk tired him. | | 2. | to exhaust the interest, patience, etc., of; make weary; bore: Your stories tire me. | –verb (used without object) | 3. | to have the strength reduced or exhausted, as by labor or exertion; become fatigued; be sleepy. | | 4. | to have one's appreciation, interest, patience, etc., exhausted; become or be weary; become bored (usually fol. by of): He soon tired of playing billiards. | –noun |
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