graze
Pronunciation: (grāz), [key]
— v., grazed, graz•ing.
—v.i.
- to feed on growing grass and pasturage, as do cattle, sheep, etc.
- to 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.
- to feed on (growing grass).
- to put cattle, sheep, etc., to feed on (grass, pastureland, etc.).
- to tend (cattle, sheep, etc.) while they are at pasture.
graze
Pronunciation: (grāz), [key]
— v., n. grazed, graz•ing,
—v.t.
- 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.
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