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Graze

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verb (used without object)

to feed on growing grass and pasturage, as do cattle, sheep, etc.

Informal. 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.

verb (used with object)

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.

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Origin:
before 1000; Middle English grasen, Old English grasian, derivative of græs grass

Related forms

graze·a·ble, adjective

graz·er, noun

Example Sentences

Sheep graze on front lawns and horses in open fields.

Mega-farms pick money from the pockets of family-scale farmers who graze cattle.

At sunset, hippopotamuses leave the water and travel overland to graze.

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Sheep graze on front lawns and horses in open fields.

Mega-farms pick money from the pockets of family-scale farmers who graze cattle.

At sunset, hippopotamuses leave the water and travel overland to graze.

Cows tend to graze in fallow fields, which may well have been plowed the previous year.

People sometimes allow their livestock to graze in the reserve itself, though it is illegal.

The free-range lambs graze on everything from sagebrush to alpine herbs, which makes them lean and flavorful.

Long paths are the result of logging and large blocks have been cleared for herds to graze.

Iguanas and many species of migratory birds live in the park as well, and goats and donkeys graze on the hills.

The newcomers fell trees, burn bushes and graze cattle on what is left.

They graze during the day, sticking together in herds.

Sporting the largest antlers in the world, the moose prefers to graze on shrubs rather than bend down to the ground to eat.

Ranchers who graze their cattle on public land should accept some losses in return.

The lambs graze on everything from sagebrush to alpine herbs, which makes them lean and flavorful.

People graze all day on information tailored to their existing worldview.

Cattle graze freely on a patch of this super-rich pasture, held in by an electrified wire.

They need less land to graze on than cows, and have more babies.

But when salt marshes are stressed by drought, snails graze by the millions in a feeding frenzy that mows down the living plants.

Without these urchins to graze on them, the algae quickly overran the stony corals, many of which were already sick.

Parrotfish ingest coral and rock as they graze on algae, and excrete the sediment as fine sand.

Pigs, goats and scrawny dogs graze among the chunks of concrete.

In higher elevations, bighorn sheep clatter over the rocks, while down below elk graze alongside the road.

Families graze on cholesterol-sodden take-aways and microwaved ready-meals.

When the gribbles come back to older burrows, they graze on these colonies of microorganisms.

Farmers and ranchers around the country till fields and graze cattle amid the wind turbines on their land.

Goats and buffaloes graze amid the reeking mounds, and thousands of scavengers comb the site, looking for items of value.

Dukha girls lead the herd to graze in the mountains during the day and bring them back in the evenings.

Here, two extended families graze sheep and goats and tease crops from the parched earth.

At night hippos leave the water and roam overland to graze.

The woman had a graze wound on her head, and the man had been shot in the hand.

Mule deer and black-tailed deer graze the high meadows, where black bears gorge on berries and hoary marmots sunbathe.

The goats hit an acacia tree and they climbed right up into it to graze.

But as they head to the forest to graze no human herder accompanies them.

Every morning, she takes the goats that live at the plantation out to graze.

Small groups of bison graze on tiny meadows below the hills.

Parrotfish are also crucial to the health of coral reefs, because they are one of the few creatures that graze on seaweed.

Goats will generally not graze to the roots and pygmy goats are quite small.

In reefs, the structure is big lumps of calcium carbonate on which things grow and around which they graze and hunt.

Here buffalo still graze golden prairies beneath infinite blue skies, and cell phones often won't work.

They are light-seeking helium-filled balloons that graze the landscape in search of light and cell-phone signals.

The freshest versions of skirts that graze calves or billow about the ankles offer a casual alternative.

What happens when allowing one species to freely graze on the property.

They sell some sheep and take firewood from the woodland, and their livestock graze on green pastures.

Farm cows are left to roam and graze freely in the mountains.

Was resistant to cold and disease and able to graze low quality meadows, but also agressive and had too big food demands.

They graze constantly, and drink water infrequently because the.

LeFevre's cows to graze on the federal land near the river.

Others graze in and buy, basically it is a fixed market----.

The police were initially notified that the boy had suffered only a graze wound to his right.

Many western states have open range laws that allow cattle to graze and wander on public lands.

At night, deer graze peacefully among the silent hulks.

Another neighbor's sheep graze on one of the fields, and he taps our sugar maples for syrup.

Wild horses graze for hours in the shade of beachside coconut palms.

They graze sheep on impossibly steep, green slopes of mountains that are thrilling in their rare, rugged beauty.

Impala graze near the edge of an open field and wooded area.

Two men shot in the head suffered mere graze wounds.

It made a nice moss-hued pasture for my sugared animals to graze.

Miles of bridle paths wind through the hills, and cows and sheep still graze in the fields.

It restored their rights to hunt, fish, graze livestock and hold their lakeside ceremonies undisturbed.

Domesticated horses graze along a dirt road outside of the town center.

One was reported in stable condition with a graze bullet wound to the back.

Timid sheep graze in flocks to guard against predators.

These guys are hard as nails, walking for their entire lives from one place with graze to another with water.

Horses still graze on the pasture, and the nearby woods are largely undisturbed.

They also graze on land, feeding on grains and plants.

First, agents may imply that coverage you already have won't help if you so much as graze the bumper of your vehicle.

Reindeer graze freely and in search of reindeer lichen for a night can disperse on few kilometers.

Young couples clamor for perches at a counter facing a pizza oven, then graze their way through salads, sausage and gelato.

If they were a wild species, you would say their density was good and they follow the graze precisely.

There will be numbered bank accounts, and cows will still graze on mountain slopes and donate milk for cheese and chocolate.

They sneak into the park late at night to let their cattle graze.

Antelope graze quietly now but run for their lives later.

Scattered elk graze the same slope, and two coyotes are picking over the remains of an elk calf on the river's shore.

Seeing the llamas graze amongst the clouds was truly memorable.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

verb (used with object)

to touch or rub lightly in passing.

to scrape the skin from; abrade: The bullet just grazed his shoulder.

verb (used without object)

to touch or rub something lightly, or so as to produce slight abrasion, in passing: to graze against a rough wall.

noun

a grazing; a touching or rubbing lightly in passing.

a slight scratch, scrape, or wound made in passing; abrasion.

Origin:
1595–1605; perhaps special use of graze¹; for the semantic shift compare French effleurer, derivative of fleur flower, in the same meaning

Related forms

graz·er, noun

graz·ing·ly, adverb

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Collins

World English Dictionary

graze¹ (ɡreɪz)

—vb
1.	to allow (animals) to consume the vegetation on (an area of land), or (of animals, esp cows and sheep) to feed thus
2.	(tr) to tend (livestock) while at pasture
3.	informal to eat snacks throughout the day rather than formal meals
4.	informal (South African) to eat
5.	informal (intr) to switch between television channels while viewing without watching any channel for long
6.	(US) to pilfer and eat sweets, vegetables, etc, from supermarket shelves while shopping

—n
7.	informal (South African) a snack; something to eat

[Old English grasian, from græsgrass; related to Old High German grasōn, Dutch grazen, Norwegian grasa]

graze² (ɡreɪz)

—vb (when intr, often foll by against or along)
1.	to brush or scrape (against) gently, esp in passing
2.	(tr) to break the skin of (a part of the body) by scraping

—n
3.	the act of grazing
4.	a scrape or abrasion made by grazing

[C17: probably special use of graze¹; related to Swedish gräsa]

'grazer²

—n

'grazingly²

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

graze

"feed," O.E. grasian "to feed on grass," from græs "grass" (see grass).

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graze

"touch," 1604, perhaps a transferred sense from graze (1) via a notion of cropping grass right down to the ground (cf. Ger. grasen "to feed on grass," used in military sense in ref. to cannonballs that rebound off the ground).

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Slang Dictionary

graze definition

and browse

in.
to eat a bit of everything at parties. : We will just graze on party snacks rather than eat a full meal. , I think I'll just browse here and skip going out to dinner.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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