razor
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English rasour, from Old French rasour, from raser (“to scrape, to shave”). More at rat. By surface analysis, raze + -or. Displaced the native Old English sċierseax (literally “shaving knife”).
Inflected forms:
form: razors
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: razour
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: razors
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: razoring
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: razored
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: razored
pos: verb
tags: past
form: razour
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body.
pos: noun
gloss: Any tool or instrument designed for shaving.
pos: noun
examples: These are fellows who shun the three-, four- and five-blade contraptions and canned goops for an older mode of shaving that they insist remains the ideal: a straight razor or a safety razor with a double-edged blade, and a fine English cream lathered and applied with a badger-hair brush.
The box was jam packed full o' gifts for each manjack of us: razors, aftershave, toothbrushes, an' books.
gloss: The sharp tusk of a wild boar.
pos: noun
gloss: A conceptual device that allows one to shave away unlikely explanations for a phenomenon.
pos: noun
examples: Occam's razor, Hanlon's razor
gloss: To shave with a razor.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He thought likewise, that what with razoring and tanning, and the change of his clothes, he was not likely to be recognised.
Lord Tywin did not believe in half measures. He razored his lip and chin as well, but kept his side-whiskers, two great thickets of wiry golden hair that covered most of his cheeks from ear to jaw.
He might be busy examining the advertisements for prostitutes stuck up in a São Paulo phone booth, or maybe getting his ear hairs razored off at a barber shop in Vietnam.
Related words: raze
rase
Derived words: Alder's razor
Blore's razor
cutthroat razor
cut-throat razor
disposable razor
dry razor
electric razor
foil razor
Gould's razor shell
Hanlon's razor
Hitchens' razor
Hitchens's razor
Occam's razor
open razor
razor and blades
razorback
razor-backed
razorbill
razor-billed auk
razor-billed curassow
razor blade
razor bump
razor burn
razor clam
razor comb
razor cream
razor edge
razor eye
razorfish
razor grass
razor grinder
razorless
razorlike
razormaker
razormaking
razorman
razor paste
razor's edge
razor-sharp
razor sharp
razor shell
razor strap
razor strop
razor-thin
razor thin
razor wire
razor-wired
razory
rotary razor
safety razor
stepping razor
straight razor
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: skeermes
lang: Albanian
word: brisk
lang: Arabic
word: مُوسَى حِلَاقَة
roman: mūsā ḥilāqa
lang: Arabic
word: مُوس حِلَاقَة
roman: mūs ḥilāqa
lang: Arabic
word: موس
roman: mūs
lang: Arabic
word: موس
roman: mūs
lang: Arabic
word: موس حلاقة
roman: mūs ḥilāga
lang: Arabic
word: ززوار
roman: zizwār
lang: Arabic
word: موس
roman: mūs
lang: Aragonese
word: navalla
lang: Aragonese
word: corte
lang: Armenian
word: ածելի
roman: aceli
lang: Assamese
word: খুৰ
roman: khur
lang: Asturian
word: cháfara
lang: Asturian
word: charrasca
lang: Asturian
word: cheira
lang: Asturian
word: cuchella
lang: Asturian
word: gaxa
lang: Asturian
word: navaya
lang: Azerbaijani
word: ülgüc
lang: Belarusian
word: бры́тва
roman: brýtva
lang: Bengali
word: খুর
roman: khur
lang: Breton
word: aotenn
lang: Bulgarian
word: бръсна́ч
roman: brǎsnáč
lang: Burmese
word: သင်တုန်းဓား
roman: sangtun:dha:
lang: Catalan
word: navalla
lang: Catalan
word: raor
lang: Chechen
word: урс
roman: urs
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 鬚刨 /须刨
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 剃鬚刀 /剃须刀
roman: tai³ sou¹ dou¹
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 剃刀
roman: tìdāo
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 刮鬍刀 /刮胡刀
roman: guāhúdāo
lang: Coptic
word: ⲑⲟⲕ
roman: thok
lang: Cornish
word: alsen
lang: Cornish
word: alten
lang: Czech
word: břitva
lang: Danish
word: kniv
lang: Danish
word: barberkniv
lang: Danish
word: skraber
lang: Dutch
word: scheermes
lang: Dutch
word: mes
lang: Esperanto
word: razilo
lang: Estonian
word: habemenuga
lang: Evenki
word: хусивун
roman: husiwun
lang: Faroese
word: rakiblað
lang: Finnish
word: partaveitsi
lang: Finnish
word: partahöylä
lang: French
word: rasoir
lang: Friulian
word: rasôr
lang: Friulian
word: rosôr
lang: Friulian
word: rasadôr
lang: Galician
word: navalla
lang: Georgian
word: სამართებელი
roman: samartebeli
lang: German
word: Rasiermesser
lang: German
word: Rasierapparat
lang: German
word: Rasierer
lang: Greek
word: ξυράφι
roman: xyráfi
lang: Greek
word: ξουράφι
roman: xouráfi
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ξυρόν
roman: xurón
lang: Pontic Greek
word: ξυράφιν
roman: xyráfin
lang: Gujarati
word: અસ્તરો
roman: astaro
lang: Haitian Creole
word: razwa
lang: Hebrew
word: תַּעַר
roman: tá'ar
lang: Hindi
word: उस्तरा
roman: ustarā
lang: Hindi
word: उस्तुरा
roman: usturā
lang: Hindi
word: छुरा
roman: churā
lang: Hungarian
word: borotva
lang: Icelandic
word: rakvél
lang: Indonesian
word: pisau cukur
lang: Irish
word: rásúr
lang: Italian
word: rasoio
lang: Japanese
word: 剃刀
roman: kamisori
lang: Japanese
word: レザー
roman: rezā
lang: Kazakh
word: ұстара
roman: ūstara
lang: Khmer
word: កាំបិតកោរ
roman: kambət kao
lang: Korean
word: 면도칼
roman: myeondokal
lang: Central Kurdish
word: گوێزان
roman: gwêzan
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: gûzan
lang: Kyrgyz
word: устара
roman: ustara
lang: Lao
word: ມີດແຖ
roman: mīt thǣ
lang: Latin
word: novacula
lang: Latvian
word: skuveklis
lang: Laz
word: სკურაჶი
roman: sǩurafi
lang: Lithuanian
word: skustùvas
lang: Lombard
word: resô
lang: Lombard
word: rasô
lang: Macedonian
word: брич
roman: brič
lang: Malay
word: pisau cukur
lang: Māori
word: mata heu
lang: Mongolian
word: сахлын тонгорог
roman: saxlyn tongorog
lang: Nanai
word: посико
roman: posiko
lang: Norman
word: râseux
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: barberhøvel
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: barberhøvel
lang: Okinawan
word: 剃刀
roman: kansui
lang: Old English
word: sċierseax
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: бритва
roman: britva
lang: Pashto
word: استرا
roman: usturā
lang: Pashto
word: پاکي
roman: pāki
lang: Dari
word: اُسْتُرَه
roman: ustura
lang: Dari
word: تیغ
roman: tēġ
lang: Iranian Persian
word: اُسْتُرِه
roman: ostore
lang: Iranian Persian
word: تیغ
roman: tiġ
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Schäamassa
lang: Polish
word: brzytwa
lang: Portuguese
word: navalha
lang: Punjabi
word: ਉਸਤਰਾ
roman: ustarā
lang: Rarotongan
word: varu
lang: Romanian
word: brici
lang: Russian
word: бри́тва
roman: brítva
lang: Salar
word: yiligüş
lang: Skolt-Sami
word: friitv
lang: Sanskrit
word: क्षुर
roman: kṣurá
lang: Sardinian
word: lesorja
lang: Sardinian
word: rasogia
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: брѝја̄ч
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: бри̏тва
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: brìjāč
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: brȉtva
lang: Slovak
word: britva
lang: Slovene
word: britev
lang: Spanish
word: navaja
lang: Spanish
word: yen
lang: Swedish
word: rakkniv
lang: Tajik
word: поку
roman: poku
lang: Tajik
word: устура
roman: ustura
lang: Tajik
word: теғ
roman: teġ
lang: Tashelhit
word: ⵜⴰⵙⵙⴳⵯⵔⵎⵜ
roman: tassgʷrmt
lang: Tatar
word: бритва
roman: britwa
lang: Telugu
word: క్షురము
roman: kṣuramu
lang: Thai
word: มีดโกน
roman: mîit-goon
lang: Turkish
word: ustura
lang: Turkish
word: yülgü
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: اوستره
roman: ustura
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: موسی
roman: musa
lang: Turkmen
word: pääki
lang: Turkmen
word: päki
lang: Udi
word: ништӏар
roman: nišṭar
lang: Ukrainian
word: бри́тва
roman: brýtva
lang: Urdu
word: اُسْتُرا
roman: usturā
lang: Urdu
word: اُسْتَرا
roman: ustarā
lang: Uyghur
word: ئۇستۇرا
roman: ustura
lang: Uzbek
word: ustara
lang: Venetan
word: raxuro
lang: Venetan
word: raxaór
lang: Venetan
word: raxadór
lang: Vietnamese
word: dao cạo
lang: Volapük
word: jeiföm
lang: Walloon
word: raezoe
lang: Walloon
word: rabot
lang: Welsh
word: ellyn
lang: Welsh
word: rasel
lang: Welsh
word: raser
lang: Yiddish
word: גאָלמעסער
roman: golmeser