GRAZE

graze

Noun

  1. The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.
  2. A light abrasion; a slight scratch.

Verb

  1. To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.
  2. To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse.
    Cattle graze in the meadows.
  3. To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
  4. To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.
    the bullet grazed the wall
  5. To cause a slight wound to; to scratch.
    to graze one's knee
  6. To yield grass for grazing.


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