Graze

Word GRAZE
Character 5
Hyphenation graze
Pronunciations /ɡɹeɪz/

Definitions and meanings of "Graze"

What do we mean by graze?

To touch lightly in passing; brush. synonym: brush. intransitive verb

To scrape or scratch slightly; abrade. intransitive verb

To scrape or touch something lightly in passing. intransitive verb

The act of brushing or scraping along a surface. noun

A minor scratch or abrasion. noun

To feed on growing grasses and herbage. intransitive verb

To eat a variety of appetizers as a full meal. intransitive verb

To eat snacks throughout the day in place of full meals. intransitive verb

To feed on (herbage) in a field or on pastureland. intransitive verb

To feed on the herbage of (a piece of land). intransitive verb

To afford herbage for the feeding of. intransitive verb

To put (livestock) out to feed. intransitive verb

To tend (feeding livestock) in a pasture. intransitive verb

The act of grazing or feeding on grass. noun

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.

To eat grass; feed on growing herbage.

To supply grass.

The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.

A light abrasion; a slight scratch.

The act of animals feeding from pasture.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Graze

The word "graze" in example sentences

Could neither graze nor pierce] [T: of change] To _graze_ is not merely to touch superficially, but to strike not directly, not so as to bury the body of the thing striking in the matter struck. ❋ Samuel Johnson (1746)

Afterall, one definition of 'graze' is "to feed on herbage in a field". ❋ Unknown (2006)

I wouldn't let Palin graze with my goats, I wish she would use that bridge she built going nowhere ❋ Unknown (2009)

-- Due premonition, it appears, had been publicly given of the impending tempest -- the cattle seem to have been sent out to graze, which is from ❋ Unknown (1871)

We this evening again turned our horses loose to graze, which is not by any means customary and much less prudent, while travelling through a country infested with hostile savages, as they are always hovering around the encampment, ready to lay hands on any thing which they fancy. ❋ Unknown (1839)

Ralston, 46, suffered what Ross calls a graze wound to the left shoulder. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The 46-year-old Ralston suffered what Ross calls a graze wound to the left shoulder. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Our cowboy heroes never shot to kill, only to "graze," and if they themselves were grazed, it was "It's not too bad Sarge ... he only winged me." ❋ Unknown (2009)

You will "graze" hundreds of cable channels, call up a current stock quote while taking a sneak peek at a movie, ask the TV to display the pitcher's stats during a game or the lyrics during a music video, or punch a button to order two in the orchestra for next Sunday, or deliver a pizza right now. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Six of them are prey robots, who "graze" beneath a tree of white light, replenishing their batteries through solar panels. ❋ Unknown (2007)

You told me off-camera here you were mostly throwing as opposed to receiving, but he did seem to kind of graze your chin there with a hit on you hiring illegal immigrants to work on your home. ❋ Unknown (2007)

And that is going to continue to kind of graze right along the coastline as it continues to push into a north to northeasterly direction. ❋ Unknown (2005)

For example, some women tell me that they eat right when they get home from work, you know, they're tired, they come in, kick their shoes off, drop their stuff, go into the kitchen and they'll kind of graze around and eat a couple thousand calories before they even start dinner. ❋ Unknown (2004)

They had been given hardly any food on the march, during halts on the way being simply turned out into the nearest fields and there told to "graze" like cattle on anything edible they could find. ❋ Hoess, Rudolf (1951)

Their efficacy is in their recoil and the "graze" fuze they use. ❋ John Allister Currie (N/A)

Maybe they'll drive 'em all through the first night, and on into the next day; but after that they'll have to rest 'em an 'graze 'em a while. ❋ Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 (1920)

It is a popular belief in Norway that there is a race of fairies or magicians living underground, who are very covetous of cattle; and that, to gratify their taste for large herds and flocks, they help themselves with such as graze on the mountains; making dwarfs of them to enable them to enter crevices of the ground, in order to descend to the subterranean pastures. ❋ Harriet Martineau (1839)

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