rasieren

== German == === Etymology === 17th century, from French raser, from Old French raser, from Vulgar Latin *rāsāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁaˈziːʁən/, [ʁaˈziː.ʁən], [-ˈziː.ɐn], [-ˈzi(ː)ɐ̯n] Hyphenation: ra‧sie‧ren Rhymes: -iːʁən === Verb === rasieren (weak, third-person singular present rasiert, past tense rasierte, past participle rasiert, auxiliary haben) to shave Synonyms: (dated) scheren, (archaic) barbieren Er rasiert sich. ― He shaves (himself). Sie rasiert sich die Beine. ― She shaves her legs. (informal, fairly rare) to discontinue in order to reduce spending etc., to cut back Synonyms: abschaffen, einstampfen, kassieren Das Amt hat die Förderung rasiert. ― The agency has discontinued the sponsorship. Die Hälfte der Abteilungen wurde rasiert. ― Half of the departments were abolished. (military, dated) to raze, demolish, utterly destroy Synonym: schleifen (slang, ambitransitive) to be manifestly successful (against), to duppy, to kick (someone's) ass. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Rasur === Further reading === “rasieren”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “rasieren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “rasieren” in Duden online “rasieren” in OpenThesaurus.de