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nounpastureland; a pasture. Informal. the act or practice of switching television channels frequently to watch several programs. Origin of grazinglate Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at graze1, -ing1 Words nearby grazinggray whale, gray wolf, Graz, graze, grazier, grazing, grazioso, GRB, Gr. Br., GRE, grease Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for grazingOf course that “interesting company,” alongside the grazing goats, will probably number the odd royal and Hollywood celebrity. William, Kate, and Jay Z’s Favorite Art Star: Alexander Gilkes' World of Rock Stars and Royalty|Tim Teeman|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST Then, without warning, they shot into the group, grazing two teenage boys with bullets. ‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis|Nina Strochlic|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST “So if Cliven Bundy wishes to pay taxes or grazing fees—he should pay it to the Shoshone,” she writes. How Cliven Bundy and the Land Rights Movement Screws Native Americans|Caitlin Dickson|May 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST The U.S. government says Cliven Bundy owes $1 million in grazing fees and sent in contract cowboys to round up his cattle. Gun-Toting Ranchers Defeat Feds|John L. Smith|April 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has claimed that Agenda 21 sought to abolish “golf courses, grazing pastures, and paved roads.” Agenda 21: The U.N. Conspiracy That Just Won’t Die|Caitlin Dickson|April 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST However, before we came there we must meet with nomads and grazing land. Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 2 (of 2)|Sven Hedin This fact finds demonstration in the ability of the plants to re-seed the ground when grown for grazing. Clovers and How to Grow Them|Thomas Shaw Buffaloes were grazing in the prairies, and the cries of the wild geese were heard on all sides. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, v. 23|Various Fifteen or twenty men, each with rifle or shot-gun, go on horseback to the grazing grounds. White Shadows in the South Seas|Frederick O'Brien I don't claim that a factory farm can be run like a grazing or a grain farm. The Fat of the Land|John Williams Streeter
British Dictionary definitions for grazing
nounthe vegetation on pastures that is available for livestock to feed upon the land on which this is growing Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to grazingeating, gnawing, biting, foraging, pasturing, munching, battening, champing, masticating, feeding, ruminating, uprooting, cropping, nibbling, herding, ranging |