Graze meaning
Graze means to touch or rub lightly.
An example of graze is lightly touching fabric while walking through a fabric store.
verb
Graze is defined as to eat small portions, or for farm animals to feed on grass in a pasture.
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.
verb
The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.
noun
To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.
verb
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To feed on growing grasses and herbage.
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The definition of a graze is a small scrape or scratch.
An example of a graze is a scrape that barely breaks the skin.
noun
To feed on the herbage of (a piece of land).
verb
To afford herbage for the feeding of.
This field will graze 30 head of cattle.
verb
To put (livestock) out to feed.
verb
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To tend (feeding livestock) in a pasture.
verb
To touch lightly in passing; brush.
verb
To scrape or scratch slightly; abrade.
verb
To scrape or touch something lightly in passing.
verb
The act of brushing or scraping along a surface.
noun
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A minor scratch or abrasion.
noun
To feed on (growing grass, herbage, a pasture, etc.)
verb
To put livestock to feed on (growing grass, herbage, etc.)
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To tend (feeding livestock)
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To feed on the pasturage of (land)
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To feed on growing grass, etc.
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To touch or rub lightly in passing.
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To scrape or scratch in passing.
A bullet grazed his thigh.
verb
The act of grazing.
noun
A slight scratch or scrape caused by grazing.
noun
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To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
verb
To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.
The bullet grazed the wall.
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(intransitive) To yield grass for grazing.
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(intransitive) To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse.
Cattle graze in the meadows.
verb
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To feed on (herbage) in a field or on pastureland.
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To scrape, touch, or rub lightly against something in passing.
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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”).
From Wiktionary