(nautical) An armed ship with its upper deck cut away, and thus reduced to the next inferior rate, such as a seventy-four cut down to a frigate.

(transitive, nautical) To cut (a ship) down to a smaller number of decks, and thus to an inferior rate or class. / (transitive, figuratively) To trim or abridge by cutting off parts.

plural of razee

present participle of razee

simple past tense and past participle of razee

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of raze

A swinging fence in a watercourse to prevent cattle passing through.

(transitive) To demolish; to level to the ground. / (transitive) To destroy; to strike out of existence; to obliterate. / (transitive) To scrape as if with a razor.

Obsolete spelling of race (rhizome of ginger).

present participle of raze