GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

last match results

Found 5 definitions

1.       
   Off , adv. [OE. of, orig. the same word as R. of, prep., AS. of, adv. & prep. √194. See Of.] In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as:
   1913 Webster
   Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off.
   1913 Webster
   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.
   1913 Webster
   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.
   1913 Webster
   Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away; as, to look off.
   1913 Webster
   Denoting opposition or negation. [Obs.]
   1913 Webster
   The questions no way touch upon puritanism, either off or on.
   Bp. Sanderson.
   
   1913 Webster
   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.
   1913 Webster
   
         
       

2.       
   Off , interj. Away; begone; -- a command to depart.
   1913 Webster
         
       

3.       
   Off, prep. Not on; away from; as, to be off one's legs or off the bed; two miles off the shore.
   Addison.
   
   1913 Webster
   Off hand. See Offhand. -- Off side (Football), out of play; -- said when a player has got in front of the ball in a scrimmage, or when the ball has been last touched by one of his own side behind him. -- To be off color, (a) to be of a wrong color. (b) to be mildly obscene. -- To be off one's food or To be off one's feed, (Colloq.) to have no appetite; to be eating less than usual.
   1913 Webster
   
         
       

4.       
   Off, 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.
   1913 Webster
   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. “In the off season.”  
   Thackeray.
   
   1913 Webster
   Designating a time when one's performance is below normal; as, he had an off day.
   PJC
   Off side. (a) The right hand side in driving; the farther side. See Gee. (b) (Cricket) See Off, n.
   1913 Webster
   
         
       

5.       
   Off, n. (Cricket) The side of the field that is on the right of the wicket keeper.
   1913 Webster