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razor

[ rey-zer ]

noun

  1. a sharp-edged instrument used especially for shaving the face or trimming the hair.
  2. an electrically powered instrument used for the same purpose.


verb (used with object)

  1. to shave, cut, or remove with or as if with a razor.

razor

/ ˈ°ù±ðɪ³úÉ™ /

noun

  1. a sharp implement used esp by men for shaving the face
  2. on a razor's edge or on a razor-edge
    in an acute dilemma
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to cut or shave with a razor
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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  • ³Ü²Ô·°ù²¹î€ƒz´Ç°ù±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of razor1

1250–1300; Middle English rasour < Old French rasor, equivalent to ras ( er ) to raze + -or -or 2
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of razor1

C13: from Old French raseor , from raser to shave; see raze
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Idioms and Phrases

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

More idioms and phrases containing razor

see sharp as a tack (razor) .
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Example Sentences

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Midwives resorted to cutting the umbilical cords of newborn babies with a razor blade, the string from a facemask serving to tie them off, Glia medical aid coordinator Dorotea Gucciardo told Salon in October.

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"We didn't scale a wall. There is a mountain near it which we climbed over. And there's a razor wire which the donker cut through," he said.

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By the end of Lynch’s run Magellan was a behemoth struggling to eke out “a razor thin margin of victory,†as investment commentator William Bernstein put it.

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While the Toffees may not be razor sharp at the back, they still have two clean sheets in their past four and home advantage here.

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Nearing the shore the dinghy was cut to shreds on a rocky, razor sharp reef.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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