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Graze

noun
/ɡɹeɪz/
Word Frequency: 0.9

Definitions

1.nounThe act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.
2.nounA light abrasion; a slight scratch.
3.nounThe act of animals feeding from pasture.
4.verbTo feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.
"1999: Although it is perfectly good meadowland, none of the villagers has ever grazed animals on the meadow on the other side of the wall. — Stardust, Neil Gaiman, page 4 (2001 Perennial Edition)."
5.verbTo feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)
"Cattle graze in the meadows."
6.verbTo tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
7.verbTo eat periodically throughout the day, rather than at fixed mealtimes.
8.verbTo shoplift by consuming food or drink items before reaching the checkout.
9.verbTo rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.
"the bullet grazed the wall"
10.verbTo cause a slight wound to; to scratch.
"to graze one's knee"
11.verbTo yield grass for grazing.

Synonyms

creaserakepasturecroprangebrowsescratchscrapeabrasionbruisenickpaste

Rhymes With

gazemalaisehazeblazedazeblaseappraiseablaze
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