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1. (v.i.) graze
to feed on growing grass and herbage, as do cattle, sheep, etc.
2. graze
Informal.
3. graze
to eat small portions of food or snacks in place of regular meals.
4. graze
to sample small portions of a variety of foods at one meal.
5. (v.t.) graze
to feed on (growing grass and herbage).
6. graze
to put cattle, sheep, etc., to feed on (grass, pastureland, etc.).
7. graze
to tend (grazing animals).
8. (v.t.) graze
to touch or rub lightly in passing.
9. graze
to scrape the skin from; abrade:
The ball just grazed his shoulder.
10. (v.i.) graze
to touch or rub something lightly, or so as to produce slight abrasion, in passing:
to graze against a rough wall.
11. (n.) graze
a grazing; a touching or rubbing lightly in passing.
12. graze
a slight scratch or scrape made in passing; abrasion.
Etymology: (1595–1605; perh. special use of graze1; for the semantic shift cf. F effleurer, der. of fleur flower, in the same meaning)
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| Definition of 'graze' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) graze
a superficial abrasion
2. (verb) graze, grazing
the act of grazing
3. (verb) crop, browse, graze, range, pasture
feed as in a meadow or pasture
"the herd was grazing"
4. (verb) graze
break the skin (of a body part) by scraping
"She was grazed by the stray bullet"
5. (verb) crop, graze, pasture
let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
6. (verb) graze, crease, rake
scrape gently
"graze the skin"
7. (verb) browse, graze
eat lightly, try different dishes
"There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing"
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1. (verb) graze
to scrape lightly
He fell and grazed his knee.
2. graze
to touch lightly
His lips grazed against hers.
3. graze
(of animals) to eat grass
cattle grazing in the fields
4. (noun) graze
a light scrape
cuts and grazes
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) graze
the act of grazing; the cropping of grass
2. (noun) graze
a light touch; a slight scratch
3. (verb) graze
to feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for
4. (verb) graze
to feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse
5. (verb) graze
to tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing
6. (verb) graze
to rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall
7. (verb) graze
to eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze on the meadows
8. (verb) graze
to yield grass for grazing
9. (verb) graze
to touch something lightly in passing
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Sense: (of animals) to eat grass etc which is growing.
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 Afrikaans: wei |
 Arabic: يَرْعَى العُشْب |
 Bulgarian: паса |
 Brazilian: pastar |
 Czech: pást se |
 German: grasen |
 Danish: græsse |
 Greek: βοσκώ |
 Spanish: pastar, pacer |
 Estonian: rohtu sööma |
 Farsi: چریدن |
 Finnish: laiduntaa |
 French: brouter |
 Hebrew: לִרעוֹת |
 Hindi: चरना, चराना |
 Croatian: pasti |
 Hungarian: legel |
 Indonesian: merumput |
 Icelandic: bíta, vera á beit |
 Italian: pascolare, brucare |
 Japanese: 草をはむ |
 Korean: 생풀을 뜯어 먹다 |
 Lithuanian: ganytis |
 Latvian: ganīties |
 Malay: meragut rumput |
 Dutch: grazen |
 Norwegian: beite, gresse |
 Polish: paść się |
 Persian: چریدن |
 Pashto: يوول ( دڅارويو ): څرل |
 Portuguese: pastar |
 Romanian: a paşte |
 Russian: пастись |
 Slovak: pásť sa |
 Slovenian: pasti se |
 Serbian: pasti |
 Swedish: beta |
 Thai: กินหญ้า |
 Turkish: otlamak |
 Taiwanese: (動物)吃草，放牧 |
 Ukrainian: пастися, скубти траву |
 Urdu: گھاس چرنا |
 Vietnamese: gặm cỏ |
 Chinese: （让动物）吃草，放牧 |
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