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The Meaning of graze

  • (v. t.) To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.
  • (v. t.) To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse.
  • (v. t.) To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
  • (v. t.) To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall.
  • (v. i.) To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze on the meadows.
  • (v. i.) To yield grass for grazing.
  • (v. i.) To touch something lightly in passing.
  • (n.) The act of grazing; the cropping of grass.
  • (n.) A light touch; a slight scratch.

Synonyms

grazing , crop , browse , range , pasture , crop , pasture , crease , rake , browse

Homophones

gray's , grays , grey's

Rhymes

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