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
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Melissa Alonso, CNN, 31 Mar. 2024
Another Alpha Project security guard was grazed in the leg by a bullet, and both defendants were convicted of assault with a semiautomatic firearm for his injuries.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024
The mother ran over the child’s back and grazed the side of his head, the chief said.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2024
Herder families often move with the seasons, traveling across the country’s vast grasslands to find new pastures to graze their livestock.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
Throughout the 1990s, the native grasses were uniformly grazed down to just a couple of centimeters above the soil surface, McAuliffe said.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
The startup intends to introduce the elephant-mammoth hybrids into the wild to re-create the role once played by the mammoth in the Arctic ecosystem, grazing the land and trampling snow cover, potentially decelerating the melting of permafrost.
—Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 6 Mar. 2024
That drizzle may come from the outermost part of a system migrating from the north that is expected to graze the North Bay.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
Almost immediately, young settlers started to graze their livestock on Palestinian fields.
—Shane Bauer, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
The other victims include a 15-year-old boy who sustained a graze wound to his right shoulder while attempting to flee the chaotic scene.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2024
This type of innovation might benefit farmers who let their livestock graze in fields rather than provide them with feed.
—Paul Winters, Discover Magazine, 16 Mar. 2024
The boy, who suffered a bullet graze to the leg, tracked down a Kansas City police officer.
—Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 16 Feb. 2024
Endangered species:Damage to riparian areas where cattle graze renews debate over use of public lands in Arizona
Why was flycatchers’ endangered status challenged?
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2024
That is because more and more wineries are starting to graze sheep in their vineyards as part of sustainable, organic, and regenerative farming practices.
—Liz Thach, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
Then, in a third unrelated shooting at around 10 p.m., a 25-year-old Dublin man survived a graze bullet wound to the head near Lake Merritt, police said.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
Students with bullet wounds, grazes and other injuries were not given medical attention, but rather put onto buses that went to the civic center, which was set up as a reunification center.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2024
Verb
Medical responders also transported another person who was possibly grazed by a bullet and a pregnant woman who suffered an apparent panic attack.
—Melissa Alonso, CNN, 31 Mar. 2024
Another Alpha Project security guard was grazed in the leg by a bullet, and both defendants were convicted of assault with a semiautomatic firearm for his injuries.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024
The mother ran over the child’s back and grazed the side of his head, the chief said.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2024
Herder families often move with the seasons, traveling across the country’s vast grasslands to find new pastures to graze their livestock.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
Throughout the 1990s, the native grasses were uniformly grazed down to just a couple of centimeters above the soil surface, McAuliffe said.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
The startup intends to introduce the elephant-mammoth hybrids into the wild to re-create the role once played by the mammoth in the Arctic ecosystem, grazing the land and trampling snow cover, potentially decelerating the melting of permafrost.
—Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 6 Mar. 2024
That drizzle may come from the outermost part of a system migrating from the north that is expected to graze the North Bay.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
Almost immediately, young settlers started to graze their livestock on Palestinian fields.
—Shane Bauer, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
Noun
The Resolution had anchored off Moorea, one of the Society Islands, and animals from the ship’s travelling menagerie had been left to graze onshore.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
The other victims include a 15-year-old boy who sustained a graze wound to his right shoulder while attempting to flee the chaotic scene.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2024
This type of innovation might benefit farmers who let their livestock graze in fields rather than provide them with feed.
—Paul Winters, Discover Magazine, 16 Mar. 2024
The boy, who suffered a bullet graze to the leg, tracked down a Kansas City police officer.
—Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 16 Feb. 2024
Endangered species:Damage to riparian areas where cattle graze renews debate over use of public lands in Arizona
Why was flycatchers’ endangered status challenged?
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2024
That is because more and more wineries are starting to graze sheep in their vineyards as part of sustainable, organic, and regenerative farming practices.
—Liz Thach, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
Then, in a third unrelated shooting at around 10 p.m., a 25-year-old Dublin man survived a graze bullet wound to the head near Lake Merritt, police said.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
Students with bullet wounds, grazes and other injuries were not given medical attention, but rather put onto buses that went to the civic center, which was set up as a reunification center.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 18 Jan. 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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