Grazing

/ˈɡɹeɪ.zɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

present participle and gerund of graze.

Definitions by Sense

1. present participle and gerund of graze
2. Grazeland.
3. (countable, uncountable) The action of animals eating, mainly of grass in a field or on other grassland.

Example Sentences

The grazing is all parched and withered up, and it is wonderful how cattle get through the winter here as they do.

There are about one thousand common grazings across the Highlands and Islands. Typically 15-20 crofters share in an area of common grazings, on average 400-500 hectares, which is usually hill-land, unsuitable for cultivation.

Here were the MacKays' cattle coming steadily up the track from their daily grazings on the lochside driven by Glen.

That story begins in rural Wyoming in 1963, when drifters Ennis and Jack are hired by a local rancher to herd sheep through grazing ground on the titular Brokeback Mountain.

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• grazings

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