noun
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The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.
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A light abrasion; a slight scratch.
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The act of animals feeding from pasture.
verb
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To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.
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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).
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To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)
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Cattle graze in the meadows.
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To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
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To eat periodically throughout the day, rather than at fixed mealtimes.
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To shoplift by consuming food or drink items before reaching the checkout.
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To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.
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the bullet grazed the wall
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To cause a slight wound to; to scratch.
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to graze one's knee
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To yield grass for grazing.
Examples of graze in a Sentence
Kirghiz graze the slopes of the Tianshan.
Cattle, sheep, horses and ponies graze in the fields.
The animals are used to seeing us, and the horses often graze with them, so I don't think we will have any problems with the safari animals or the natural wildlife.
The snows are generally light, and cattle may graze on the prairies during most of the winter; but there are occasional severe " blizzards," which are accompanied by intense cold and high winds.
In the summer the cows graze on the higher ground above the farm.
They were meant to graze and live on a diet of pasture.
Daer-tenure, whether of cattle or of the right to graze cattle upon land, was subject to a ciss-ninsciss (= wearisome tribute), for the payment of which security had to be given.
But the Sabbath was a feast on which, after attending to their souls, they indulged their bodies, like yoke animals let out to graze.
From any part of the salt tract one may see the boundary of the inner arable part of the district fringed with long lines of trees, from which every morning the villagers drive their cattle out into the saliferous plains to graze.
There they rest in sunny nooks during the day, descending at night to the highest woods to graze.
Let your sheep eat the grass of the riverbank, let your sheep graze on my stubble.
The gentle undulating ' Weald ' is dotted with hop fields and fat cattle graze in lush green meadows.
See the deer graze in Tatton Park and catch world-class theater at Manchester's Lowry Center.
The freemen's cows are now able to graze the North meadows at Sudbury.
Limpets (Patella vulgata) and rough periwinkles are snails that graze on the algae and lichens.
An alternative is to graze sheep, cattle or goats on the site; they will do all the necessary topping.
The Hebridean sheep graze this area which is too wet for mechanical cutting.
To drink or graze they are obliged to straddle the fore-legs apart; but they seldom feed on grass and are capable of going long without water.
Like some of the other islands, sheep are still brought to graze upon it in summer, and a large number of birds' eggs are collected upon it in spring.
The snows are therefore very light, and are quickly swept from the prairies by the high winds, so that cattle may graze in the open plains throughout the year.
The central peninsula contains some marshland and moorland pasture, on which a few thousand sheep graze; but the rest of the island consists merely of dunes or sandhills.
Succulent lamb is also a specialty of the region, thanks to the many sheep who graze on the salt marshes.
This wild, wind-swept area was common land on which local people could graze their animals.
Don't expect much variety here, but do expect heads to turn if you sport this minimal, no-nonsense style consisting of ear-length hair and very straight bangs that just graze or cover the eyebrows.
She struggled to reach him, even if only to touch his skin or for her little fangs to graze his neck.
The animals graze in the summer and are fed hay, straw or silage in the winter.
The young laddies led the cows away to graze during the day.
Layered bobs that graze the shoulders can take advantage of this style by teasing the roots slightly to add body on top and then curling the ends under.
Maxi dresses are long, flowing pieces with full skirts that graze the ankle, occasionally falling even lower than that.
At its shortest, the hem of your dress should just graze the knees or perhaps fall an inch or two above them.
Have appetizers, brunch foods and Christmas cookies available on a buffet for people to graze on during the parade.
While your horses graze, pull out that sparkling diamond.
If the thought of wearing something on your feet that used to graze grass makes you less than thrilled, Rocket Dog is very clear to let buyers know which styles are "cow-friendly" and contain no leather products.
Keeping in mind that your shoe can graze the ankle or look like a mini-boot, you can experiment with colors and designs that really flatter your wardrobe and personal taste.
The crags which he flung at Britannia did indeed graze the stern and graze the prow of her craft.
Alpacas are kept in large flocks which graze on the level heights of the Andes of southern Peru and northern Bolivia, at an elevation of from 14,000 to 16,000 ft.
They are fond of hilly ground covered with forests, in the dense thickets of which they pass most of their time, only coming to the skirts of the woods at morning and evening to graze.
The bison were accustomed to having the horses graze around them, but the scent of strangers might make them nervous.
These rights include, among others, the right to graze animals, to cut bracken, to fish or to collect firewood.
Stock forced to graze on heavily infested pastures may suffer skin eruptions about the mouth.
It is easy to have an accident on slippery rocks, and barnacles can raise a nasty graze.
Research Interests My research focuses on understanding the impact of free-ranging herbivores on the habitats they graze.
Instead of a local family farm and animals that are allowed to roam and graze, forests are clear-cut and animals are crammed into factory lots.
Our sheep graze on the fields on average 16 to 18 hours per day, receiving sunlight and having freedom of movement.
Steer clear of too-short styles that graze anywhere above the knee.
It features exaggerated, wide bangs that graze the eyebrows and smooth, swingy hair that shines in the light.
The trees flowed gracefully down the mountain side, ending in the pasture where the goats used to graze.
Section 2 of the act provides that no entire horse being above the age of two years, and not being of the height of 15 " handfulls," shall be put to graze on any common or waste land in certain counties; any one was to be at liberty to seize a horse of unlawful height, and those whose duty it was to measure horses, but who refused to do so, were to be fined 40s.
This is a wonderful wine, so good you're tempted to just drink it without food and just graze on cheese and crackers.
A child with FA may graze doorways when passing through, for instance, or trip over low obstacles.