verb
- Kill intentionally and with premeditation.
- usage: "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
adjective
- Not in operation or operational.
- usage: "the oven is off"; "the lights are off"
- Below a satisfactory level.
- usage: "an off year for tennis"; "his performance was off"
- Of events. ( no longer planned or scheduled)
- usage: "the wedding is definitely off"
- synonyms: cancelled
- In an unpalatable state.
- usage: "sour milk"
- Not performing or scheduled for duties.
- usage: "He's off every Tuesday"
adverb
- From a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete. )
- usage: "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"
- At a distance in space or time)
- usage: "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away. "; "away back in the 18th century"
- synonyms: away
- No longer on or in contact or attached.
- usage: "clean off the dirt"; "he shaved off his mustache"