graze

[graze]

Cows graze on grass, and people graze on snacks and finger foods. Graze can also mean to scrape, like when you graze your elbow after falling off your bike.

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To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.

Noun
the act of grazing

Noun
a superficial abrasion

Verb
eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing"

Verb
scrape gently; "graze the skin"

Verb
feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing"

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Verb
let feed in a field or pasture or meadow

Verb
break the skin (of a body part) by scraping; "She was grazed by the stray bullet"


v. t.
To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.

v. t.
To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse.

v. t.
To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.

v. t.
To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall.

v. i.
To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze on the meadows.

v. i.
To yield grass for grazing.

v. i.
To touch something lightly in passing.

n.
The act of grazing; the cropping of grass.

n.
A light touch; a slight scratch.


Graze

Graze , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grazed (); p. pr. & vb. n. Grazing.] [OE. grasen, AS. grasian, fr. gr?s grass. See Grass.] 1. To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.
A field or two to graze his cows.
2. To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse.
The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead.
3. To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
When Jacob grazed his uncle Laban's sheep.
4. To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall.

Graze

Graze, v. i. 1. To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze on the meadows. 2. To yield grass for grazing. The ground cortinueth the wet, whereby it will never graze to purpose. 3. To touch something lightly in passing.

Graze

Graze, n. 1. The act of grazing; the cropping of grass. [Colloq.]
Turning him out for a grace on the common.
2. A light touch; a slight scratch.

To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.

To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze on the meadows.

The act of grazing; the cropping of grass.

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Usage Examples

In England and America people tend to graze all day long, but I think it's such a waste to be constantly picking at food because you then can't enjoy a proper full meal when the time comes.

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