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part off

part off verb: to divide into a separate section or sections; to partition.

Verb

part off (third-person singular simple present parts off, present participle parting off, simple past and past participle parted off)

  1. To divide into a separate section or sections; to partition.
    • The houses are of various sizes, but are all built after one pattern, being merely large thatched sheds, a small portion of which, next the entrance, is used as a dwelling, while the rest is parted off; and often divided by one or two floors, in order better to stow away merchandise and native...1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 197
    • On one side of the room he has his bench or worktable, and round the walls there are cages, parted off by partitions into, smaller compartments of about three feet square.1908 December 26, The Saturday Observer, Brisbane, page 20, column 2

Forms of part off

third-person singular presentparts off
present participleparting off
past participleparted off
pastparted off

Questions about part off

What does part off mean?
Part off means to divide into a separate section or sections; to partition.
What part of speech is part off?
Part off is a verb.
What is the past tense of part off?
The past tense of part off is parted off.

Words near part off in the dictionary

  1. part in parcel
  2. part number
  3. part numbers
  4. part of speech
  5. part of the furniture
  6. part off
  7. part out
  8. part singing
  9. part song
  10. part songs
  11. part time

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