"razee" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: razees [plural]
Etymology: From French vaisseau rasé, from raser (“to rase, to cut down ships”). See raze and rase (verbs). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|vaisseau rasé}} French vaisseau rasé, {{m|fr|raser|t=to rase, to cut down ships}} raser (“to rase, to cut down ships”), {{m|en|raze}} raze, {{m|en|rase|pos=verbs}} rase (verbs) Head templates: {{en-noun}} razee (plural razees)
  1. (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. Categories (topical): Nautical, Warships
    Sense id: en-razee-en-noun-yE0Fvyb8 Disambiguation of Warships: 55 27 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 15 41 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 40 26 34 Topics: nautical, transport

Verb

Forms: razees [present, singular, third-person], razeeing [participle, present], razeed [participle, past], razeed [past]
Etymology: From French vaisseau rasé, from raser (“to rase, to cut down ships”). See raze and rase (verbs). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|vaisseau rasé}} French vaisseau rasé, {{m|fr|raser|t=to rase, to cut down ships}} raser (“to rase, to cut down ships”), {{m|en|raze}} raze, {{m|en|rase|pos=verbs}} rase (verbs) Head templates: {{en-verb}} razee (third-person singular simple present razees, present participle razeeing, simple past and past participle razeed)
  1. (transitive, nautical) To cut (a ship) down to a smaller number of decks, and thus to an inferior rate or class. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-razee-en-verb--NqiO7iO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 15 41 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 40 26 34 Topics: nautical, transport
  2. (transitive, figurative) To trim or abridge by cutting off parts. Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-razee-en-verb-5Se3el-u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 15 41 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 40 26 34

Inflected forms

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