Definitions for: Graze


[n] the act of grazing
[n] a superficial abrasion
[v] eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing"
[v] scrape gently
[v] feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing"
[v] let (animals) feed in a field or pasture or meadow
[v] break the skin (of a body part) by scraping; "She was grazed by the stray bullet"



Webster (1913) Definition: Graze (gr[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grazed
(gr[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Grazing.] [OE. grasen, AS.
grasian, fr. gr[ae]s grass. See Grass.]
1. To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to
furnish pasture for.

A field or two to graze his cows. --Swift.

2. To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a
pasture); to browse.

The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead.
--Pope.

3. To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.

When Jacob grazed his uncle Laban's sheep. --Shak.

4. To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in
passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall.


Graze, v. i.
1. To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze
on the meadows.

2. To yield grass for grazing.

The ground continueth the wet, whereby it will never
graze to purpose. --Bacon.

3. To touch something lightly in passing.


Graze, n.
1. The act of grazing; the cropping of grass. [Colloq.]

Turning him out for a graze on the common. --T.
Hughes.

2. A light touch; a slight scratch.

Synonyms: browse, browse, crease, crop, grazing, pasture, rake, range

See Also: abrasion, brush, drift, eat, eating, excoriation, feed, feeding, give, grass, injure, nosh, scrape, scratch, shave, snack, wound

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