[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

off \off\ o^f; 115, adv. oe. of, orig. the same word as r.
   of, prep., as. of, adv.  prep. root194. see of.
   in a general sense, denoting from or away from; as:
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   1. denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile
      off.
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   2. 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.
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   3. 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.
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   4. denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away;
      as, to look off.
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   5. denoting opposition or negation. obs.
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            the questions no way touch upon puritanism, either
            off or on.                            --bp.
                                                  sanderson.
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   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.
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see also:
of from off off and on to be off to come off to cut off 
to fall off to go off come cut fall 
go to get off to take off to do a take-off on to tell off 
to be well off to be ill off to be badly off 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tell \tell\ te^l, v. t. imp.  p. p. told t=old; p.
   pr.  vb. n. telling. as. tellan, from talu tale, number,
   speech; akin to d. tellen to count, g. zaumhlen, ohg.
   zellen to count, tell, say, icel. telja, dan. tale to speak,
   taelle to count. see tale that which is told.
   1. to mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to
      enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell
      money. "an heap of coin he told." --spenser.
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            he telleth the number of the stars.   --ps. cxlvii.
                                                  4.
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            tell the joints of the body.          --jer. taylor.
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   2. to utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to
      narrate.
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            of which i shall tell all the array.  --chaucer.
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            and not a man appears to tell their fate. --pope.
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   3. to make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge.
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            why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
                                                  --gen. xii.
                                                  18.
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   4. to give instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to
      teach; to inform.
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            a secret pilgrimage,
            that you to-day promised to tell me of? --shak.
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   5. to order; to request; to command.
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            he told her not to be frightened.     --dickens.
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   6. to discern so as to report; to ascertain by observing; to
      find out; to discover; as, i can not tell where one color
      ends and the other begins.
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   7. to make account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to
      estimate. obs.
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            i ne told no dainity of her love.     --chaucer.
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   note: tell, though equivalent in some respect to speak and
         say, has not always the same application. we say, to
         tell truth or falsehood, to tell a number, to tell the
         reasons, to tell something or nothing; but we never
         say, to tell a speech, discourse, or oration, or to
         tell an argument or a lesson. it is much used in
         commands; as, tell me the whole story; tell me all you
         know.
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   to tell off, to count; to divide. --sir w. scott.
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   syn: to communicate; impart; reveal; disclose; inform;
        acquaint; report; repeat; rehearse; recite.
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see also:
told telling tale to tell off 

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