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Verb
- 1
cut
To cut a connected object such as a string, thread, cord, etc., and separate it.
Korean definition: 실, 줄, 끈 등의 이어진 것을 잘라 따로 떨어지게 하다.
After sewing on all the buttons, my grandmother bit off the thread with her teeth.
The students' art exhibition began with the principal cutting the ribbon.
- 2
break off; cut off
To stop a relationship from continuing.
Korean definition: 관계를 이어지지 않게 하다.
After a big quarrel with an old friend, my grandfather stopped visiting him.
When my sister travels, she cuts off phone calls and email, so we don't hear from her until she gets back.
- 3
stop; quit
To stop doing or thinking about something that one has been doing or thinking about continuously.
Korean definition: 계속해 오던 일이나 생각을 하지 않거나 멈추게 하다.
My nephew, now past his first birthday, stopped drinking formula and started drinking milk.
After quitting his job, Seunggyu stopped sending his parents the monthly living allowance.
- 4
stop; quit
To stop doing something that one has been doing habitually.
Korean definition: 습관처럼 해 오던 것을 더 이상 하지 않다.
After reading an article about caffeine addiction, my sister quit coffee.
Mr. Kim decided to be hospitalized to quit the drugs he had been hooked on for the past few years.