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noun
1.
pastureland; a pasture.
2.
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Grazing
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verb (used without object)
1.
to feed on growing grass and pasturage, as do cattle, sheep, etc.
2.
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)
3.
to feed on (growing grass).
4.
to put cattle, sheep, etc., to feed on (grass, pastureland, etc.).
5.
to tend (cattle, sheep, etc.) while they are at pasture.
Related forms
graze·a·ble, adjective
graz·er, noun
verb (used with object)
1.
to touch or rub lightly in passing.
2.
to scrape the skin from; abrade: The bullet just grazed his shoulder.
verb (used without object)
3.
to touch or rub something lightly, or so as to produce slight abrasion, in passing: to graze against a rough wall.
noun
4.
a grazing; a touching or rubbing lightly in passing.
5.
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
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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Word Origin & History
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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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