Etymology : Middle English grasen, from Old English grasian, from græs grass
Pronunciation : 'grAz
Function : verb
Date : before 12th century
1. instance of rubbing lightly against something; scrape; scratch; act of grazing, act of eating grass. rub lightly against something; scrape the skin from; feed on growing grass (of livestock); watch over livestock while they are grazing. graze\graze\, v. i.
2. to eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze on the meadows.
3. to yield grass for grazing. the ground continueth the wet, whereby it will never graze to purpose.
4. to touch something lightly in passing.graze \graze\, n.
5. the act of grazing; the cropping of grass. [colloq.] turning him out for a graze on the common. hughes.
6. a light touch; a slight scratch.graze \graze\ (grāz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. grazed (grāzd); p. pr. & vb. n. grazing.] [oe. grasen, as. grasian, fr. gr?s grass. see:
grass.].
7. to feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for. a field or two to graze his cows.
8. to feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse. the lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead.
9. to tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing. when jacob grazed his uncle laban's sheep.
10. to rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall.graze n.
11. a superficial abrasion.
12. the act of grazing [syn: grazing] v 1: feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" [syn: crop, browse, range, pasture] 2: break the skin (of a body part) by scraping; "she was grazed by the stray bullet".
13. let (animals) feed in a field or pasture or meadow [syn: crop, pasture].
14. scrape gently [syn: crease, rake].
15. eat lightly, try different dishes; "there was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing" [syn: browse].
16. To feed or supply with grass; to furnish pasture for.
17. To feed on; to eat ; to eat grass from ; to browse.
18. To tend while grazing.
19. To rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall.
20. To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze on the meadows.
21. To yield grass for grazing.
22. To touch something lightly in passing.
23. The act of grazing; the cropping of grass.
24. A light touch; a slight scratch. a superficial abrasion scrape gently; "graze the skin" break the skin by scraping; "She was grazed by the stray bullet".
25. 1. When animals graze or are grazed, they eat the grass or other plants that are growing in a particular place. You can also say that a field is grazed by animals. Five cows graze serenely around a massive oak The hills have been grazed by sheep because they were too steep to be ploughed Several horses grazed the meadowland. a large herd of grazing animals.
26. If you graze a part of your body, you injure your skin by scraping against something. I had grazed my knees a little. + grazed grazed grazed arms and legs.
27. A graze is a small wound caused by scraping against something.
28. If something grazes another thing, it touches that thing lightly as it passes by. A bullet had grazed his arm. a wound caused by rubbing that slightly breaks the surface of your skin.
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