Graze

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To feed on growing grasses and herbage.
  • verb-intransitive. Informal To eat a variety of appetizers as a full meal.
  • verb-intransitive. Informal To eat snacks throughout the day in place of full meals.
  • v. To feed on (herbage) in a field or on pastureland.
  • v. To feed on the herbage of (a piece of land).
  • v. To afford herbage for the feeding of: This field will graze 30 head of cattle.
  • v. To put (livestock) out to feed.
  • v. To tend (feeding livestock) in a pasture.
  • v. To touch lightly in passing; brush. See Synonyms at brush1.
  • v. To scrape or scratch slightly; abrade.
  • verb-intransitive. To scrape or touch something lightly in passing.
  • n. The act of brushing or scraping along a surface.
  • n. A minor scratch or abrasion.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.
  • n. A light abrasion; a slight scratch.
  • v. To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.
  • v. To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse.
  • v. To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
  • v. To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.
  • v. To cause a slight wound to; to scratch.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.
  • v. To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse.
  • v. To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
  • v. To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.
  • verb-intransitive. To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage.
  • verb-intransitive. To yield grass for grazing.
  • verb-intransitive. To touch something lightly in passing.
  • n. The act of grazing; the cropping of grass.
  • n. A light touch; a slight scratch.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To eat grass; feed on growing herbage.
  • To supply grass.
  • To spread and devour, as fire.
  • To feed or supply with growing grass; furnish pasture for.
  • To feed on; eat growing herbage from.
  • To tend while grazing, as cattle.
  • n. The act of grazing or feeding on grass.
  • To touch or rub lightly in passing; brush lightly the surface of: as, the bullet grazed his cheek; the ship grazed the rocks.
  • To abrade; scrape the skin from.
  • To act with a slight rubbing or abrading motion; give a light touch in moving or passing.
  • n. The act of grazing or slightly abrading; a slight stroke or scratch in passing.
  • n. In gunnery, the point where a shot strikes the ground or water and rebounds.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. feed as in a meadow or pasture
  • n. a superficial abrasion
  • v. let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
  • v. break the skin (of a body part) by scraping
  • n. the act of grazing
  • v. scrape gently
  • v. eat lightly, try different dishes
  • Verb Form
    grazed    grazes    grazing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    feed    eat    scratch    scrape    abrasion    excoriation    injure    wound    feeding    eating   
    Cross Reference
    abrade    tend   
    Form
    overgraze   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    browse   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Blaise    Blase    Chevrolets    Hayes    Hays    Lyonnais    Malays    Mays    Polonaise    Res   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pasturage    marshy    arable    surround    blue grass    dairy    outlying    neighbouring    grassland    boggy