Hypertext Webster Gateway: "graze"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Graze \Graze\, v. i.
1. To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze
on the meadows.
2. To yield grass for grazing.
The ground continueth the wet, whereby it will never
graze to purpose. --Bacon.
3. To touch something lightly in passing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Graze \Graze\, n.
1. The act of grazing; the cropping of grass. [Colloq.]
Turning him out for a graze on the common. --T.
Hughes.
2. A light touch; a slight scratch.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Graze \Graze\ (gr[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grazed}
(gr[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Grazing}.] [OE. grasen, AS.
grasian, fr. gr[ae]s grass. See {Grass}.]
1. To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to
furnish pasture for.
A field or two to graze his cows. --Swift.
2. To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a
pasture); to browse.
The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead.
--Pope.
3. To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
When Jacob grazed his uncle Laban's sheep. --Shak.
4. To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in
passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
graze
n 1: a superficial abrasion
2: the act of grazing [syn: {grazing}]
v 1: feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" [syn:
{crop}, {browse}, {range}, {pasture}]
2: break the skin (of a body part) by scraping; "She was grazed
by the stray bullet"
3: let (animals) feed in a field or pasture or meadow [syn: {crop},
{pasture}]
4: scrape gently [syn: {crease}, {rake}]
5: eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food
at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing"
[syn: {browse}]
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