Meaning

The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing..

Definitions by Sense

1. The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.
2. A light abrasion; a slight scratch.
3. The act of animals feeding from pasture.
4. (transitive) To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.
5. (ambitransitive) To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)
6. (transitive) To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
7. (intransitive) To eat small amounts of food periodically throughout the day, rather than at fixed mealtimes, often not in response to hunger.
8. To shoplift by consuming food or drink items before reaching the checkout.

Example Sentences

If it be sundown, when the herds are returning from their daily graze in the long grass of the jungle, clouds of dust will be marking their track along every approach to the village […]

He hath a Houſe and Barn in repair, a Field or two to graze his Cows, with a Garden and Orchard.

Although it is perfectly good meadowland, none of the villagers has ever grazed animals on the meadow on the other side of the wall.

Cattle graze in the meadows.

The lambs vvith vvolves ſhall graze the verdant mead, / And boys in flovv'ry bands the tyger lead; […]

The bird [Canada goose] is more often found on land than other waterfowl because of its love for seeds and grains. The long neck is well adapted for grazing.

Shylock: When Jacob grazed his uncle Laban's sheep

Furthermore, people who take the time to sit down to proper meals find their food more satisfying than people who graze throughout the day. If you skip meals, you will inevitably end up snacking on more high-fat high-sugar foods.

Word Forms

• grazes
• grazing
• grazed

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