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Meaning of 'graze' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Graze [ n.]
- The act of grazing; the cropping of grass.
- A light touch; a slight scratch.
2 . Graze [ v. i.]
- To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze on the meadows.
- To yield grass for grazing.
- To touch something lightly in passing.
3 . Graze [ v. t.]
- To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.
- To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse.
- To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
- To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall.

Meaning of 'graze' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . graze [ v]
Meaning (1):
- scrape gently
Example in sentence:
  • graze the skin
Meaning (2):
- break the skin (of a body part) by scraping
Example in sentence:
  • She was grazed by the stray bullet
Meaning (3):
- feed as in a meadow or pasture
Example in sentence:
  • the herd was grazing
Meaning (4):
- eat lightly, try different dishes
Example in sentence:
  • There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing

Nearby Words:

graafian graal graaper grab grabbed grabber grabbing grabble grabbled grabbling

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