razor
ra·zor
razor · razors · razored · razoring
To shave with a razorTo shave with a razor.
Recorded US: Sylvanmoon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
UK/ˈɹeɪzə/US/ˈɹeɪzɚ/
Meaning
1 sensesTo shave with a razor.
shave with a razor
Origin
From Middle English rasour, from Old French rasour, from raser (“to scrape, to shave”). MoFrom 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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Forms
razors, razoring, razored, razoredTenses
razor · razored · will razor · have razoredWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.