英语词汇“graze”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

grazegraze1 /greɪz/ ●○○ verb

ETYMOLOGYgraze¹

Origin: Old English grasian, from græs; ➔ GRASS

VERB TABLE

graze

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	graze
	he, she, it	grazes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	grazed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have grazed
	he, she, it	has grazed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had grazed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will graze
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have grazed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am grazing
	he, she, it	is grazing
	you, we, they	are grazing
Past	I, he, she, it	was grazing
	you, we, they	were grazing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been grazing
	he, she, it	has been grazing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been grazing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be grazing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been grazing

1[intransitive, transitive] if an animal grazes or if you graze it, it eats grass that is growing: sheep grazing in the field Ranchers pay to graze their cattle on public land.2[transitive] to touch something lightly while passing it, sometimes damaging it: A bullet grazed his arm.3[transitive] to break the surface of your skin by rubbing it against something rough SYN scrape: Billy grazed his knee on the sidewalk.4[intransitive] informal to eat small amounts of food, usually all through the day, instead of having a full regular meal