graze
IPA: grˈeɪz
noun
- The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.
- A light abrasion; a slight scratch.
- The act of animals feeding from pasture.
verb
- (transitive) To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.
- (transitive, intransitive) To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)
- (transitive) To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
- (intransitive) To eat small amounts of food periodically throughout the day, rather than at fixed mealtimes, often not in response to hunger.
- To shoplift by consuming food or drink items before reaching the checkout.
- (transitive) To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.
- (transitive) To cause a slight wound to; to scratch.
- (intransitive) To yield grass for grazing.
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Examples of "graze" in Sentences
- The flock of sheep grazed on the pastured.
- The colitish little horse grazed upon the green green grass.
- When the waters subside, the cattle graze on the fresh grass.
- Henceforth the cultivated land lay fallow and is now grazed by sheep and goats.
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