graze

Object

• sward: Green-winged orchid - this common orchid is evident where rabbits have grazed the sward.
• saltmarshes: In recent decades, some grazed saltmarshes have been abandoned, leading to domination of the mid to upper marsh by rank grasses.
• pasture: Problem: Creeping thistle in almost permanently grazed sheep pasture.
• grassland: A special case of grazed grassland is the lawn.
• paddock: So far nearly half of the four grazed paddocks have been done.
• meadow: The margins of the lagoons vary from grazed meadow to rank vegetation.

Preposition: on

• pasture: Young lambs should not, if possible, be grazed on the same pasture as the previous year's lamb, crop.
• grass: Pairs of upland geese graze casually on the grass along the seafront.

Adjective modifier

nasty: It is easy to have an accident on slippery rocks, and barnacles can raise a nasty graze.

Modifies a noun

burst: Shell illuminating with a fuze setting for a graze burst may also be used to mark targets.

Noun used with modifier

• sheep: Let your sheep eat the grass of the riverbank, let your sheep graze on my stubble.
• cattle: The gentle undulating ' Weald ' is dotted with hop fields and fat cattle graze in lush green meadows.
• pony: Cattle, sheep, horses and ponies graze in the fields.
• cow: In the summer the cows graze on the higher ground above the farm.
• deer: See the deer graze in Tatton Park and catch world-class theater at Manchester's Lowry Center.

Preposition: in

• meadow: There was once a Horse who used to graze in a meadow which he had all to himself.
• pasture: In essence, we always want to graze in the greener pastures.

Preposition: by

• sheep: All the islands except Dun are grazed by feral sheep.
• cattle: Most were cut for hay in early summer, then grazed by cattle into the winter.
• livestock: The hills are grazed by livestock in which MAP is endemic.