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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024graze1 /greɪz/USA pronunciation v., grazed, graz•ing. - Agricultureto feed on growing grass or other plant life, as cattle, sheep, etc., do: [~ + on]grazing on the grass in the field.[~ + object]The deer had grazed the area so thoroughly that there was nothing left.
- Informal Terms[no object]
- , to eat small portions of food in place of regular meals.
- to sample small portions of a variety of foods at one meal.
graz•er, n. [countable]graze2 /greɪz/USA pronunciation v., grazed, graz•ing, n. v. - to touch or rub lightly in passing: [~ + object]His knee grazed the chair.[no object]His knee grazed against the rough wall.
- to scrape the skin from:[~ + object]The bullet just grazed his shoulder.
n. [countable] - a touching or rubbing lightly in passing.
- a slight scratch;
abrasion.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024graze1 (grāz),USA pronunciation v., grazed, graz•ing. v.i. - Agricultureto feed on growing grass and pasturage, as do cattle, sheep, etc.
- Informal Termsto eat small portions of food, as appetizers or the like, in place of a full-sized meal or to snack during the course of the day in place of regular meals.
v.t. - Agricultureto feed on (growing grass).
- Agricultureto put cattle, sheep, etc., to feed on (grass, pastureland, etc.).
- to tend (cattle, sheep, etc.) while they are at pasture.
- Middle English grasen, Old English grasian, derivative of græs grass bef. 1000
- to touch or rub lightly in passing.
- to scrape the skin from;
abrade:The bullet just grazed his shoulder.
v.i. - to touch or rub something lightly, or so as to produce slight abrasion, in passing:to graze against a rough wall.
n. - a grazing;
a touching or rubbing lightly in passing. - a slight scratch, scrape, or wound made in passing;
abrasion.
- 1595–1605; perh. special use of graze1; for the semantic shift compare French effleurer, derivative of fleur flower, in the same meaning
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