Sekirov Dictionary

raze

/ɹeɪz/

verb15

  1. To level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish.
  2. (figurative) To completely remove (someone or something), especially from a place, a situation, etc.; also, to remove from existence; to destroy, to obliterate.
  3. To erase (a record, text, etc.), originally by scraping; to rub out, to scratch out.
  4. To wound (someone or part of their body) superficially; to graze.
  5. (no longer used) To alter (a document) by erasing parts of it.
  6. (no longer used) To remove (something) by scraping; also, to cut or shave (something) off.
  7. (no longer used) To scrape (something), with or as if with a razor, to remove things from its surface; also, to reduce (something) to small pieces by scraping; to grate.
  8. (no longer used) To shave (someone or part of their body) with a razor, etc.
  9. (no longer used) To rub lightly along the surface of (something); brush against, to graze.
  10. (no longer used) To graze or rub lightly along a surface.
  11. (no longer used) To cut, scratch, or tear (someone or something) with a sharp object; to lacerate, to slash.
  12. (no longer used) To carve (a line, mark, etc.) into something; to incise, to inscribe; also, to carve lines, marks, etc., into (something); to engrave.
  13. (no longer used) To carve lines, marks, etc., into something.
  14. (no longer used) To penetrate through something; to pierce.
  15. (no longer used, rare) Of a horse: to wear down its corner teeth as it ages, losing the black marks in their crevices.

noun2

  1. A swinging fence in a watercourse to prevent cattle passing through.
  2. (no longer used) A slight wound; a scratch; also, a cut, a slit.
forms

raz'd · razed · razedst · razing · razes · razeth · razest

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