grazed; grazing
1
: to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton
cattle grazing on the slopes
2
: to eat small portions of food throughout the day
She was grazing on snacks all afternoon.
1
a
: to crop and eat in the field
b
: to feed on the herbage of
2
a
: to put to graze
grazed his livestock in pastures
b
: to put cattle to graze on
grazed the upper field
3
: to supply herbage for the grazing of
That pasture will graze 30 head of cattle.
grazer
noun
grazed; grazing
1
: to touch lightly in passing
The car's wheel grazed the curb.
: to touch or rub against something in passing
Our fenders just grazed.
: a scraping along a surface or an abrasion made by it
especially
: a superficial abrasion of the skin
had a slight graze on her knee from falling
Synonyms
Examples of graze in a Sentence
Verb (1)
cows grazing in the meadow
Verb (2)
I grazed my elbow diving for the ball
the volleyball just grazed my face, so I'm okay
Noun (2)
a stumble that resulted in nothing more serious than a graze on the knee
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Mahalia Dobson, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
Crooks fatally shot one rally attendee, and one of his bullets grazed Trump’s ear, streaking his face with blood.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024
Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2024
Police did not disclose where they were hit, but a law enforcement source told The Times that preliminary information suggests that one of the officers suffered a graze wound to the leg, while the other was struck in the hand by shrapnel.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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Verb
Dairy cows grazing on a farm near Oxford, New Zealand, in 2018.
—Mahalia Dobson, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
Crooks fatally shot one rally attendee, and one of his bullets grazed Trump’s ear, streaking his face with blood.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024
Noun
The assassination attempt against the former president left him with a graze wound to his ear, and killed one spectator at the rally and critically injured two others as Secret Service agents quickly rushed Trump from the stage.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2024
Police did not disclose where they were hit, but a law enforcement source told The Times that preliminary information suggests that one of the officers suffered a graze wound to the leg, while the other was struck in the hand by shrapnel.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Graze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/graze. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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graze
1 of 3 verb
grazed; grazing
1
: to feed on growing grass or herbs
cattle grazing on the hill
2
: to put to feed on grass or herbs
the farmer grazed the cattle
graze
2 of 3 verb
grazed; grazing
1
: to rub or touch lightly in passing : touch against and quickly move away from
the car's wheel grazed the curb
2
: to scratch or scrape by rubbing against something
fell and grazed her knee
graze
3 of 3 noun
: an act or result of grazing
especially
: a skin injury caused by grazing : scrape
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