graze
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graze
- /ɡɹeɪz/
Sounds like grays, greys · Rhymes with -eɪz
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English grasen (“to feed with grass”), from Old English grasian, from Proto-West Germanic *grasōn, from Proto-Germanic *grasōną, from *grasą (“grass”) + *-ōną (verbal suffix). Doublet of grass.
noun grazes
- The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.
- A light abrasion; a slight scratch.
- The act of animals feeding from pasture. 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 […]
verb grazes · grazing · grazed
- To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for. He hath a Houſe and Barn in repair, a Field or two to graze his Cows, with a Garden and Orchard.
- To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture) Cattle graze in the meadows.
- To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing. Shylock: When Jacob grazed his uncle Laban's sheep
- To eat small amounts of food periodically throughout the day, rather than at fixed mealtimes, often not in response to hunger. 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.
- To shoplift by consuming food or drink items before reaching the checkout. Grazing refers to customers who consume food items before paying for them, for example, a customer bags one and a half pounds of grapes in the produce department, eats some as she continues her shopping […]
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To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.
the bullet grazed the wall
Similar: glance
- To cause a slight wound to; to scratch. to graze one's knee
- To yield grass for grazing. The sewers must be kept so as the water may not stay too long in the spring; for then the ground continueth the wet, whereby it will never graze to purpose that year.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: crease, rake, pasture, crop, range, browse, scratch, scrape, abrasion, bruise, nick, paste, grope, rub-up, skitter, creeping
Translations
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noun act of grazing or scratching lightly
| Español | rasguño, arañazo |
|---|---|
| Português | arranhão, ralado, raspado |
| Français | éraflure |
| Deutsch | Kratzen, Schrammen, Schaben, Schleifen, Schürfen |
| Italiano | sbucciatura |
| Ελληνικά | γρατζούνισμα gratzoúnisma, γδάρσιμο gdársimo |
| Русский | задева́ние zadevánije |
noun light scratch
| Español | rasguño |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 擦り傷 kasuri-kizu |
| Português | arranhão, ralado, raspado |
| Deutsch | Kratzer, Schramme, Abschürfung, Schürfwunde |
| Italiano | escoriazione |
| Ελληνικά | γρατζουνιά gratzouniá, αμυχή amychí |
| Русский | цара́пина carápina, сса́дина ssádina |
| العربية | سَحَج saḥaj |
verb to feed or supply with grass
| Español | apacentar, apastar, pacer, pastar, pastear, pastorear |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 방목하다 bangmokhada |
| 日本語 | 放牧する hōboku suru |
| 中文 | 放牧 fàngmù |
| Português | dar de pastar |
| Français | faire paître |
| Deutsch | grasen lassen, weiden lassen, beweiden |
| Italiano | pascolare |
| Ελληνικά | βόσκω vósko |
| Română | paște, pășuna |
| Русский | пасти́ pastí |
| Tiếng Việt | chăn |
| العربية | رَعَى raʕā |
verb to eat grass from a pasture
| Español | apacentarse, campear, pacer, pastar, pastear |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 풀을 뜯다 pureul tteutda, 뜯어먹다 tteudeomeokda |
| 日本語 | 草をはむ kusa o hamu |
| 中文 | 吃草 chīcǎo |
| हिन्दी | चरना carnā |
| Português | pastar |
| Français | brouter, paître, pâturer |
| Deutsch | weiden, grasen |
| Italiano | pascere, pascolare, brucare |
| Ελληνικά | βόσκω vósko |
| Română | paște, păstori |
| Русский | пасти́сь pastísʹ |
| العربية | اِرْتَعَى irtaʕā |
| עברית | ללחכך |
verb to tend cattle while grazing
| हिन्दी | चराना carānā |
|---|---|
| Français | faire paître, paître |
| Deutsch | hüten, grasen lassen, weiden lassen |
| Italiano | pascere |
| Ελληνικά | βόσκω vósko |
| Română | paște, pășuna |
| Русский | пасти́ pastí |
verb to eat small amounts of food periodically throughout the day
| Español | picar, picotear |
|---|---|
| Français | grignoter |
verb to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
| Español | excoriar |
|---|---|
| Português | arranhar, raspar, ralar |
| Français | raser, effleurer, frôler |
| Deutsch | touchieren, streifen, ankratzen, schrammen |
| Italiano | sfiorare, lambire, rasentare, radere |
| Русский | цара́пать carápatʹ |
verb to cause a slight wound to
| Português | arranhar, ralar |
|---|---|
| Français | érafler, écorcher |
| Deutsch | abschürfen, schürfen, ankratzen |
| Italiano | sbucciare, spellare, scorticare, escoriare |
| Ελληνικά | γδέρνω gdérno |
| Русский | поцара́пать pocarápatʹ, содра́ть sodrátʹ, ссади́ть ssadítʹ |
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