razor

[Ra·zor]

If you need to shave, you'll want to use a razor. It's a tool that's made for removing unwanted hair.

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A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or the head.

Noun
edge tool used in shaving

Verb
shave with a razor


v. t.
A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or the head.

v. t.
A tusk of a wild boar.


Razor

Ra"zor , n. [OE. rasour, OF. rasur, LL. rasor: cf. F. rasoir, LL. rasorium. See Raze, v. t., Rase, v. t.] 1. A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or the head. "Take thee a barber's rasor." Ezek. v. 1. --> 2. (Zo'94l.) A task of a wild boar. Razor fish. (Zo'94l.) (a) A small Mediterranean fish (Coryph'91na novacula), prized for the table. (b) The razor shell. -- Razor grass (Bot.), a West Indian plant (Scleria scindens), the triangular stem and the leaves of which are edged with minute sharp teeth. -- Razor grinder (Zo'94l.), the European goat-sucker. -- Razor shell (Zo'94l.), any marine bivalve shell belonging to Solen and allied genera, especially Solen, ∨ Ensatella, ensis, ∧ Americana, which have a long, narrow, somewhat curved shell, resembling a razor handle in shape. Called also rasor clam, razor fish, knife handle. -- Razor stone. Same as Novaculite. -- Razor strap, ∨ razor strop, a strap or strop used in sharpening razors.

A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or the head.

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Usage Examples

Experience has taught me, when I am shaving of a morning, to keep watch over my thoughts, because, if a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

If a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act.

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