1. (adv.)off so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come off.
2. off so as to be no longer covering or enclosing: Pull the wrapping off.
3. off away from a place: to run off; to look off toward the west.
4. off away from a path, course, etc.: The road branches off to Grove City.
5. off so as to be away or on one's way: to start off early.
6. off away from what is considered normal, standard, or the like: to go off on a tangent.
7. off from a charge or price: Take 10 percent off for cash.
8. off at a distance in space or future time: Summer is only a week off.
9. off out of operation: Turn the lights off.
10. off into operation or action: The alarm goes off at noon.
11. off in absence from work, service, etc.: to get two days off at Christmas.
12. off completely; utterly: to cut off communications.
13. off to fulfillment, or into execution or effect: The contest went off as planned.
14. off so as to be delineated, divided, or apportioned: Mark it off into equal parts.
15. off Naut. away from the land, a ship, the wind, etc.
16. (prep.)off so as no longer to be supported by, resting on, etc.: Wipe the dirt off your shoes.
17. off deviating from: to be off course.
18. off below the usual level or standard: 20 percent off the marked price.
19. off away, disengaged, or resting from: to be off duty on Tuesdays.
20. off refraining or abstaining from: He's off gambling.
21. off located apart from: a village off the main road.
22. off leading away from: an alley off 12th Street.
23. off Informal. from (a specified source): I bought it off a street vendor.
24. off from or of, indicating material or component parts: to lunch off fruit.
25. off by means of: living off his parents.
26. off Naut. at some distance to seaward of: off Cape Hatteras.
27. (adj.)off in error; wrong: You are off on that point.
28. off less than normal or sane: a little off, but harmless.
29. off not up to the usual or expected standard; comparatively weak or inferior: a play with off moments.
30. off affected by spoilage; bad: The cream is a bit off.
31. off no longer in effect, in operation, or in process: The agreement is off.
32. off in a specified state, circumstance, etc.: to be badly off for money.
33. off free from work or duty: a pastime for one's off hours.
34. off of less than the ordinary activity; slack: an off season in the tourist trade.
35. off unlikely; remote: on the off chance that we'd find her at home.
36. off more distant; farther: the off side of a wall.
37. off (of a vehicle, single animal, or pair of animals hitched side by side) designating the right as seen from the rider's or driver's viewpoint the off side; the off horse.
38. off starting on one's way; leaving: I'm off to Europe on Monday.
39. off lower in price or value; down: Stock prices were off this morning.
40. off Naut. noting one of two likethings that is the farther from the shore; seaward: the off side of the ship.
41. off Cricket. noting that side of the wicket or of the field opposite that on which the batsman stands.
44. (v.i.)off to go off or away; leave (used imperatively): Off, and don't come back!
45. (v.t.)off Slang. to kill; slay.
46. off with intervals between; intermittently: to work off and on.
47. off take away; remove: Off with those muddy boots!
48. off cut off: Off with his head!
Etymology: (orig. stressed var. of of1)
Definition of 'off'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (adj)off not in operation or operational "the oven is off"; "the lights are off"
2. (adj)off below a satisfactory level "an off year for tennis"; "his performance was off"
3. (adj)off, cancelled (of events) no longer planned or scheduled "the wedding is definitely off"
4. (adj)off, sour, turned in an unpalatable state "sour milk"
5. (verb)off not performing or scheduled for duties "He's off every Tuesday"
6. (adverb)murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove kill intentionally and with premeditation "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
7. (adverb)away, off, forth from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete) "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; "go forth and preach"
8. (adverb)off, away at a distance in space or time "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away back in the 18th century"
9. (adverb)off no longer on or in contact or attached "clean off the dirt"; "he shaved off his mustache"