Meaning

6 senses
  1. One who shaves.

    брадобре́йbradobréj

    an adult male who shaves

  2. A barber, one whose occupation is to shave.

  3. A tool or machine for shaving; an electric razor.

    Rasierapparat, Elektrorasierer

    электробри́тваelektrobrítva, бри́тваbrítva

    електробри́тваelektrobrýtva, бри́тваbrýtva

    a razor powered by an electric motor

  4. One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.

  5. (colloquial)A boy; a lad; a little fellow.

  6. (obsolete, slang)An extortionate bargainer; a sharper.

Examples

9 sentences
  1. I should've tried out this electric shaver before buying it.

  2. I should have tried out this electric shaver before buying it.

    ruМне следовало попробовать эту электрическую бритву прежде, чем покупать её. — Olya

    deIch hätte diesen elektrischen Rasierer vor dem Kauf ausprobieren sollen. — xtofu80

  3. Careful not to cut yourself with the shaver.

    deGib acht, dass du dich nicht mit dem Rasierer schneidest! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I should have tested this electric shaver before buying it.

  5. You can pick up shavers from the hotel's front desk.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
electric razor:
Русский
By meaning 2
one who shaves:
electric razor:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
electric razor:

Origin

From Middle English schaver; equivalent to shave + -er.

From Middle English schaver; equivalent to shave + -er.

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Forms

plural: shavers
Singularshaver
Pluralshavers

regular

Synonyms

13 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary 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.

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