كف

1 كَفَّ التَّوْبَ ذ He sewed the edge, or border, of the garment, or piece of cloth, the second time, (S, K,) after the [ slight ] sewing termed المَلُّ, (S,) or الشَّلُّ. (K.) ― -b2- [ He felled (a seam or garment).] ― -b3- كَفَّ عَنْهُ, aor. كَفُ3َ , He refrained, or forbore, from it, as forbidden; abstained, or desisted, from it; left, relinquished, or forsook it: (Msb:) [as also ↓ انكفّ]. ― -b4- كَفَّ عَنْهُ He refrained, desisted, forbore, abstained, or held, from it. (K, &c.) ― -b5- كَفَّهُ عَنْهُ He made him to refrain, forbear, or abstain, from it; averted him, turned him away or back, from it; (K;) prevented, hindered, held, withheld, or restrained, him from it. (Mgh, Msb, TA.) ― -b6- [كَفَّ بَيْنَهُمَا He interposed as a restrainer between them two: a phrase of frequent occurrence]. ― -b7- كَفَّ مِنَ الشَّعَرِ (M, K, art. قصر) He shortened the hair. (M, ibid.)