Graze definition
This field will graze 30 head of cattle.
A bullet grazed his thigh.
An example of graze is eating small snacks all day instead of eating meals.
An example of graze is cows eating grass in a field.
An example of graze is lightly touching fabric while walking through a fabric store.
An example of a graze is a scrape that barely breaks the skin.
Cattle graze in the meadows.
The bullet grazed the wall.
Other Word Forms
Noun
Origin of graze
- Middle English grasen from Old English grasian from græs grass ghrē- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Perhaps from graze
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Old English grasian (“to feed on grass”), from græs (“grass”).
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