Meaning

4 senses
  1. A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body.

  2. Any tool or instrument designed for shaving.

    Rasierer, Rasiermesser, Rasierapparat

    бри́тваbrítva, бри́тваbrítva

    бри́тваbrýtva, бри́тваbrýtva

    edge tool used in shaving

  3. The sharp tusk of a wild boar.

    би́веньbívenʹ, клыкklyk

  4. A conceptual device that allows one to shave away unlikely explanations for a phenomenon.

    Occam's razor, Hanlon's razor

Examples

68 sentences
  1. Tom cut himself with a razor.

    Том порізався бритвою.

    ruТом порезался бритвой.

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  2. I cut myself with a razor.

    Я порізався бритвою.

    ruЯ порезался бритвой.

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  3. How often do you change your razor blade?

    Як часто ти міняєш лезо бритви?

    ruКак часто ты меняешь лезвие бритвы?

    deWie oft wechselst du deine Rasierklinge aus?

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  4. He shaves with an electric razor every morning.

    ruОн каждое утро бреется электробритвой.

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  5. Tom shaved his head with a straight-edge razor.

    deTom rasierte sich den Kopf mit einem Rasiermesser.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
shaving instrument:
Русский
By meaning 2
shaving instrument:
tusk of wild boar:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
shaving instrument:
shaving knife:

Origin

From Middle English rasour, from Old French rasour, from raser (“to scrape, to shave”). Mo

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”).

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