grazing
grazing
Definition
graz·ing (grā′ziŋ)
noun
- land to graze on; pasture
- Informal the eating of snacks all day long or the eating of small portions of different foods
grazing
Synonyms
grazing
modif.
grazing
Usage Examples
Preposition: on
- pasture: Current factors causing loss or decline Lack of grazing on wet pasture or dune slacks leading to growth of scrub or coarse grassland.
Adjective modifier
- rough: Bracken fern is a weed species mainly found on rough grazing.
- rotational: Growth is suppressed but rotational grazing does not kill the plants.
- intensive: Intensive grazing by animals in some places has caused changes in the variety of grasses.
Modifies a noun
- marsh: The majority occur in arable land with some in coastal grazing marsh.
- cattle: There were also many Yellow Wagtails feeding around the grazing cattle, plus one Little Egret.
- pasture: The parkland character is of grazing pastures fringed with beech woods.
- livestock: Most of the agricultural land within the Park is used for grazing livestock.
- rye: The only option remaining to give reliably satisfactory results is field beans, although you may get results from grazing rye in milder areas.
- sheep: The scenery out of the bedroom window was very nice - looking across fields of grazing sheep to the hills at the back.
Noun used with modifier
- sheep: Upland example: reducing sheep grazing on a Cumbrian hill farm.
- cattle: The plan was to ride to check on the cattle grazing on the summer pastures.
- livestock: You are sure to have company from the local livestock grazing next to the roadway.
- Cattle: Cattle grazing reduces thistle numbers more than sheep grazing.
- reindeer: I notice nothing is said about a large herd of reindeer grazing on the plateau, they don't live on fresh air.
- cow: Eventually the mansions give way to a more pastoral vision of cows grazing under willow trees.
Preposition: in
- woodland: There are wild deer grazing in the ancient woodlands - an idyllic setting for a self-catering holiday cottage.
Preposition: of
- livestock: A more attractive landscape through managed grazing of livestock on the hills.
Preposition: by
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