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ra·zor

(rā′zər)

1. A sharp-edged cutting instrument used especially for shaving or cutting hair, especially from the face or legs.

3. An electric device with vibrating or rotating blades used for shaving or cutting hair close to the skin.

tr.v. ra·zored, ra·zor·ing, ra·zors

To shave, cut, or remove with a razor or similar cutting implement: razored off the mustache; razored pages from a rare book.

[Middle English rasor, from Old French, from raser, to scrape; see raze.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

razor

(ˈreɪzə)

1. (Hairdressing & Grooming) a sharp implement used esp by men for shaving the face

2. on a razor's edge on a razor-edge in an acute dilemma

(Hairdressing & Grooming) (tr) to cut or shave with a razor

[C13: from Old French raseor, from raser to shave; see raze]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

ra•zor

(ˈreɪ zər)

n.

a sharp-edged instrument used esp. for shaving.

Idioms:

on the razor's edge, in a precarious position.

[1250–1300; Middle English rasour < Old French rasor]

raze, razor - Raze, from French raser, "shave close," is from Latin radere, "scrape, scratch"—also giving us razor.

razor

[ˈreɪzəʳ]

A. N (open) → navaja f, chaveta f (Peru); (safety) → maquinilla f de afeitar
electric razor → máquina f de afeitar
it's on a razor's edge → está en un brete

B. CPD razor blade N → hoja f or cuchilla f de afeitar
razor burn N → erosión f cutánea
razor cut N (Hairdressing) → corte m a la navaja

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

razor

[ˈreɪzə^r] n → rasoir m
disposable razor → rasoir jetable
electric razor → rasoir électriquerazor blade n → lame f de rasoirrazor cut n → coupe f au rasoirrazor-sharp [ˌreɪzə^rˈʃɑː^rp] adj

[knife, teeth, blade] → tranchant(e) comme un rasoir

[person] → vif/ive; [wit, mind, intelligence] → acéré(e), aiguisé(e)razor wire n → barbelés mpl

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

razor

n → Rasierapparat m; (cutthroat) → Rasiermesser nt; electric razor → Elektrorasierer m; razor’s edge (fig) = razor edge b

razor

razorback

n (Zool) → Finnwal m

razorbill

n (Zool) → Tordalk m

razor blade

n → Rasierklinge f

razor cut

n → Messerschnitt m

razor-cut

vt → mit dem Messer schneiden

razor edge

(= mountain ridge) → Grat m

(fig) we are living on a razor → wir stehen vor einem Abgrund

razor-sharp

adj knife → scharf (wie ein Rasiermesser); teeth → rasiermesserscharf; (fig) person → sehr scharfsinnig; mind, wit → messerscharf

razor wire

n → Bandstacheldraht m, → Natodraht m (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

razor

[ˈreɪzəʳ] n → rasoio

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

razor

(ˈreizə) noun

an instrument for shaving, having a sharp cutting edge, blade (a razor-blade), or electrically-powered revolving cutters.

ˌrazor-ˈsharp adjective

as sharp as a razor.

razor

→ مُوْسَى břitva barberkniv Rasiermesser ξυράφι navaja barbera parranajokone rasoir brijač rasoio かみそり 면도칼 scheerapparaat barberhøvel brzytwa navalha бритва rakhyvel มีดโกน tıraş bıçağı dao cạo 剃刀

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

razor

n. navaja, cuchilla.

Where's the socket for my electric razor? (US)
Where is the socket for my electric razor? (UK) → Traş makinem için priz nerede? → 哪儿有电动剃须刀插座？

razor

n maquinilla or máquina de afeitar; electric — máquina de afeitar (eléctrica), afeitadora; safety o manual — maquinilla de afeitar, maquinilla (fam), rastrillo, máquina de afeitar (manual)

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Billy took up shaving with a safety razor. And, finally, Saxon was proven a false prophet and Sarah a true one.

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Of this package the chief contents were a razor with its case, a supply of needles and thread, a pound or two of tobacco and a few yards of bright-coloured calico.

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I am convinced that in some box he has a razor hidden, tied round with silk, just like the one that Moscow murderer had.

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I saw an open razor, stained with smears of blood, at his side."

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I expelled the nasty stuff with a strong English expletive and said, "Foreigner, beware!" Then this outlaw strapped his razor on his boot, hovered over me ominously for six fearful seconds, and then swooped down upon me like the genius of destruction.

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the pleasure of stropping the razor day after day, feeling the sharp edge, and thinking of the gash one stroke of its thin, bright edge would make!

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Bar's knowledge of that agglomeration of jurymen which is called humanity was as sharp as a razor; yet a razor is not a generally convenient instrument, and Physician's plain bright scalpel, though far less keen, was adaptable to far wider purposes.

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The throat had evidently been cut with some very sharp instrument - probably with a razor.

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I was watching to see where he kept his razor, when lo and behold, he takes the harpoon from the bed corner, slips out the long wooden stock, unsheathes the head, whets it a little on his boot, and striding up to the bit of mirror against the wall, begins a vigorous scraping, or rather harpooning of his cheeks.

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--Why it's a perfectly elegant hole!' So he flew down and got that acorn, and fetched it up and dropped it in, and was just tilting his head back, with the heavenliest smile on his face, when all of a sudden he was paralyzed into a listening attitude and that smile faded gradually out of his countenance like breath off'n a razor, and the queerest look of surprise took its place.

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It was the popular theme for jests; it was the best cure for headache, it infallibly prevented the hair from turning grey, it imparted a peculiar delicacy to the complexion, it was the National Razor which shaved close: who kissed La Guillotine, looked through the little window and sneezed into the sack.

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Five times did the razor point touch the forehead of Peter of Colfax, until the watchers saw there, upon the brow of the doomed man, the seal of death, in letters of blood--NT.

Noun	1.	razor - edge tool used in shaving edge tool - any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge) razorblade - a blade that has very sharp edge safety razor - a razor with a guard to prevent deep cuts in the skin electric razor, electric shaver, shaver - a razor powered by an electric motor straight razor - a razor with a straight cutting edge enclosed in a case that forms a handle when the razor is opened for use
Verb	1.	razor - shave with a razor shave - remove body hair with a razor