RAZOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does razor mean? 

• RAZOR (noun)
  The noun RAZOR has 1 sense:

1. edge tool used in shaving

  Familiarity information: RAZOR used as a noun is very rare.

• RAZOR (verb)
  The verb RAZOR has 1 sense:

1. shave with a razor

  Familiarity information: RAZOR used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAZOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Edge tool used in shaving

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("razor" is a kind of...):

edge tool (any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge))

Meronyms (parts of "razor"):

razorblade (a blade that has very sharp edge)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "razor"):

safety razor (a razor with a guard to prevent deep cuts in the skin)

electric razor; electric shaver; shaver (a razor powered by an electric motor)

straight razor (a razor with a straight cutting edge enclosed in a case that forms a handle when the razor is opened for use)

Derivation:

razor (shave with a razor)

• RAZOR (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they razor    ... he / she / it razors   
Past simple: razored   
Past participle: razored   
-ing form: razoring   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shave with a razor

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "razor" is one way to...):

shave (remove body hair with a razor)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

razor (edge tool used in shaving)

 Context examples 

The steel acquired a razor edge.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I laid down the razor, turning as I did so half round to look for some sticking plaster.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

NOW that I was in my seventeenth year, and had already some need for a razor, I had begun to weary of the narrow life of the village, and to long to see something of the great world beyond.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I then gave up my silver and copper money, my purse, with nine large pieces of gold, and some smaller ones; my knife and razor, my comb and silver snuff-box, my handkerchief and journal-book.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

It is true, after six months' correspondence, he effected a compromise, whereby he received a safety razor for Turtle-catching, and that The Acropolis, having agreed to give him five dollars cash and five yearly subscriptions: for The Northeast Trades, fulfilled the second part of the agreement.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Several of the dead man’s possessions—notably a small case of razors—had been found in the valet’s boxes, but he explained that they had been presents from the deceased, and the housekeeper was able to corroborate the story.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When I put that with the voice and figure being the same, and only those things altered which might be changed by a razor or a wig, I could not doubt that it was the same man.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

To prevent community-associated MRSA: • Practice good hygiene • Keep cuts and scrapes clean and covered with a bandage until healed • Avoid contact with other people's wounds or bandages • Avoid sharing personal items, such as towels, washcloths, razors, or clothes • Wash soiled sheets, towels, and clothes in hot water with bleach and dry in a hot dryer

(MRSA, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

At these times, Mr. Micawber would be transported with grief and mortification, even to the length (as I was once made aware by a scream from his wife) of making motions at himself with a razor; but within half-an-hour afterwards, he would polish up his shoes with extraordinary pains, and go out, humming a tune with a greater air of gentility than ever.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

It was only when I had reached it that I found that in my mad haste I had carried away, not the hunting-knife which I had taken with me, but the bloody razor which had dropped from the dead man’s hand.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)