graze

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graze¹

(grāz)

v. grazed, graz·ing, graz·es

v.intr.

1. To feed on growing grasses and herbage.

2. Informal

a. To eat a variety of appetizers as a full meal.

b. To eat snacks throughout the day in place of full meals.

v.tr.

1. To feed on (herbage) in a field or on pastureland.

2. To feed on the herbage of (a piece of land).

3. To afford herbage for the feeding of: This field will graze 30 head of cattle.

4. To put (livestock) out to feed.

5. To tend (feeding livestock) in a pasture.

[Middle English grasen, from Old English grasian, from græs, grass; see ghrē- in Indo-European roots.]

graze′a·ble, graz′a·ble adj.

graz′er n.

graze²

(grāz)

v. grazed, graz·ing, graz·es

v.tr.

1. To touch lightly in passing; brush. See Synonyms at brush¹.

2. To scrape or scratch slightly; abrade.

v.intr.

To scrape or touch something lightly in passing.

1. The act of brushing or scraping along a surface.

2. A minor scratch or abrasion.

[Perhaps from graze.]

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graze

(ɡreɪz)

1. (Agriculture) to allow (animals) to consume the vegetation on (an area of land), or (of animals, esp cows and sheep) to feed thus

2. (Agriculture) (tr) to tend (livestock) while at pasture

3. (Cookery) informal to eat snacks throughout the day rather than formal meals

4. (Cookery) informal South African to eat

5. (intr) informal to switch between television channels while viewing without watching any channel for long

6. US to pilfer and eat sweets, fruit, etc, from supermarket shelves while shopping

(Cookery) informal South African a snack; something to eat

[Old English grasian, from græs grass; related to Old High German grasōn, Dutch grazen, Norwegian grasa]

graze

(ɡreɪz)

1. (when: intr, often foll by against or along) to brush or scrape (against) gently, esp in passing

2. (Pathology) (tr) to break the skin of (a part of the body) by scraping

3. (Pathology) the act of grazing

4. (Pathology) a scrape or abrasion made by grazing

[C17: probably special use of graze¹; related to Swedish gräsa]

ˈgrazer n

ˈgrazingly adv

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graze¹

(greɪz)

v. grazed, graz•ing. v.i.

1. to feed on growing grass and herbage, as do cattle, sheep, etc.

2. Informal.

a. to eat small portions of food or snacks in place of regular meals.

b. to sample small portions of a variety of foods at one meal.

v.t.

3. to feed on (growing grass and herbage).

4. to put cattle, sheep, etc., to feed on (grass, pastureland, etc.).

5. to tend (grazing animals).

[before 1000; Middle English grasen, Old English grasian, derivative of græs grass]

graze′a•ble, adj.

graze²

(greɪz)

v. grazed, graz•ing,
n. v.t.

1. to touch or rub lightly in passing.

2. to scrape the skin from; abrade: The ball just grazed his shoulder.

v.i.

3. to touch or rub something lightly, or so as to produce slight abrasion, in passing: to graze against a rough wall.

4. a grazing; a touching or rubbing lightly in passing.

5. a slight scratch or scrape made in passing; abrasion.

[1595–1605; perhaps special use of graze¹; for the semantic shift compare French effleurer, derivative of fleur flower, in the same meaning]

graz′ing•ly, adv.

graze

In artillery and naval gunfire support, a spotting, or an observation, by a spotter or an observer to indicate that all bursts occurred on impact.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

graze

Past participle: grazed
Gerund: grazing

Imperative
graze
graze

Present
I graze
you graze
he/she/it grazes
we graze
you graze
they graze

Preterite
I grazed
you grazed
he/she/it grazed
we grazed
you grazed
they grazed

Present Continuous
I am grazing
you are grazing
he/she/it is grazing
we are grazing
you are grazing
they are grazing

Present Perfect
I have grazed
you have grazed
he/she/it has grazed
we have grazed
you have grazed
they have grazed

Past Continuous
I was grazing
you were grazing
he/she/it was grazing
we were grazing
you were grazing
they were grazing

Past Perfect
I had grazed
you had grazed
he/she/it had grazed
we had grazed
you had grazed
they had grazed

Future
I will graze
you will graze
he/she/it will graze
we will graze
you will graze
they will graze

Future Perfect
I will have grazed
you will have grazed
he/she/it will have grazed
we will have grazed
you will have grazed
they will have grazed

Future Continuous
I will be grazing
you will be grazing
he/she/it will be grazing
we will be grazing
you will be grazing
they will be grazing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been grazing
you have been grazing
he/she/it has been grazing
we have been grazing
you have been grazing
they have been grazing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been grazing
you will have been grazing
he/she/it will have been grazing
we will have been grazing
you will have been grazing
they will have been grazing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been grazing
you had been grazing
he/she/it had been grazing
we had been grazing
you had been grazing
they had been grazing

Conditional
I would graze
you would graze
he/she/it would graze
we would graze
you would graze
they would graze

Past Conditional
I would have grazed
you would have grazed
he/she/it would have grazed
we would have grazed
you would have grazed
they would have grazed

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Noun	1.	graze - a superficial abrasion excoriation, scratch, scrape - an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
	2.	graze - the act of grazing grazing eating, feeding - the act of consuming food
Verb	1.	graze - feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" browse, pasture, crop, range eat, feed - take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" range - let eat; "range the animals in the prairie" pasture, graze, crop - let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
	2.	graze - break the skin (of a body part) by scraping; "She was grazed by the stray bullet" injure - cause injuries or bodily harm to
	3.	graze - let feed in a field or pasture or meadow pasture, crop animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement feed, give - give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat" grass - feed with grass graze, pasture, browse, crop, range - feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" drift - drive slowly and far afield for grazing; "drift the cattle herds westwards"
	4.	graze - scrape gently; "graze the skin" crease, rake brush - touch lightly and briefly; "He brushed the wall lightly" shave - touch the surface of lightly; "His back shaved the counter in passing"
	5.	graze - eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing" browse nosh, snack - eat a snack; eat lightly; "She never loses weight because she snacks between meals"

graze

verb feed, crop, browse, pasture cows grazing in a field

graze

verb

1. scratch, skin, bark, scrape, chafe, abrade I had grazed my knees a little.

2. touch, brush, rub, scrape, shave, skim, kiss, glance off A bullet had grazed his arm.

noun

1. scratch, scrape, abrasion He just has a slight graze.

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graze

verb

1. To make light and momentary contact with, as in passing:

brush, flick, kiss, shave, skim.

2. To strike a surface at such an angle as to be deflected:

carom, dap, glance, ricochet, skim, skip.

noun

Light and momentary contact with another person or thing:

brush, flick, skim.

Translations

كَشْط، سَحْج، خَدْشيَخْدُشيَرْعَى العُشْبيَكْشُط، يَسْحَج

odřeninaodřítpást seškrábnout

græsseskrabeskrammestrejfe

abschürfen Abschürfung grasen streifen touchieren

αμυχή γρατζουνιά γρατζούνισμα

pacer roce rasguño raspar rozar

laiduntaanaarmunaarmuttaapaimentaaraapaista

brouter écorcher écorchure effleurer frôler

bíta, vera á beitskráma, fleiîurskráma, hruflasnerta, strjúkast viî

pascolare pascolo rasentare scorticare sfiorare

ganītiesnobrāztnobrāzumsskartskramba

beitegå på gressgresse skrape opp skrubbe

оцарапать пасти

škrabnúť

odrgnitioprasnitipasti se

bereotlamaksıyırmaksıyrık sürtmek

吃草擦伤擦破皮肤放牧轻轻擦过

graze

¹ [greɪz] (Agr)

A. VI → pacer, pastar

B. VT [+ grass, field] → usar como pasto; [+ cattle] → apacentar, pastar

graze

² [greɪz]

A. N (= injury) → roce m

B. VT

1. (= touch lightly) → rozar

2. (= scrape) [+ skin] → raspar
to graze one's knees → rasparse las rodillas

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graze

[ˈgreɪz]

vi [animal] → paître, brouter

(= touch lightly) → frôler, effleurer

(= scrape) → écorcher

n → écorchure f

graze

vi (cattle etc) → grasen, weiden

vt meadow, field → abgrasen, abweiden; cattle → weiden lassen

graze

vt (= touch lightly) → streifen; (= scrape skin off) → aufschürfen; to graze one’s knees → sich (dat) → die Knie aufschürfen; to graze oneself → sich (dat) → die Haut aufschürfen, sich aufschürfen

vi → streifen; the car grazed along the wall → das Auto ist an der Mauer entlanggestreift

n → Abschürfung f, → Schürfwunde f

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graze

¹ [greɪz]

1. vi → pascolare, pascere

2. vt (grass, field) → mettere or lasciare a pascolo; (cattle) → far pascolare

graze

² [greɪz]

1. n (injury) → scorticatura, escoriazione f

2. vt (touch lightly) → sfiorare, rasentare; (scrape, skin) → scorticare, escoriare
to graze one's knees → sbucciarsi le ginocchia

graze¹

(greiz) verb

(of animals) to eat grass etc which is growing.

graze²

(greiz) verb

1. to scrape the skin from (a part of the body). I've grazed my knee on that stone wall.

2. to touch lightly in passing. The bullet grazed the car.

noun

the slight wound caused by grazing a part of the body. a graze on one's knee.

graze

vt rozar

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His father too possessed a horse which he often used to take out into the fields to graze. One day he took the Hazel-nut child with him.

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The custom of most Indian villages is for a few boys to take the cattle and buffaloes out to graze in the early morning, and bring them back at night.

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But in that gale, the port, the land, is that ship's direst jeopardy; she must fly all hospitality; one touch of land, though it but graze the keel, would make her shudder through and through.

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These are not suffered to taste a grain of oats, except upon certain days, till eighteen years old; nor milk, but very rarely; and in summer they graze two hours in the morning, and as many in the evening, which their parents likewise observe; but the servants are not allowed above half that time, and a great part of their grass is brought home, which they eat at the most convenient hours, when they can be best spared from work.

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His giant thoat was far from jaded, yet it would be well, thought Thar Ban, to permit him to graze upon the ochre moss which grows to greater height within the protected courtyards of deserted cities, where the soil is richer than on the sea-bottoms, and the plants partly shaded from the sun during the cloudless Martian day.

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The first three sped their shafts, and while they were fair shots they did not more than graze the inner circle.

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So then, I will give you this lyre, glorious son of Zeus, while I for my part will graze down with wild-roving cattle the pastures on hill and horse-feeding plain: so shall the cows covered by the bulls calve abundantly both males and females.

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Here the poor jaded horses were turned out to graze, and take their rest: the weary journey up the mountains had worn them down in flesh and spirit; but this last march across the thirsty plain had nearly finished them.

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Ponta's right drove straight out, and the graze was repeated as Joe ducked into the safety of a clinch.

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Grazing as well as physical presence of livestock has negative impact on grey goral distribution, as it is rare for wild ungulates and domestic livestock to graze in the same area at same time.

SOCIO-ECONOMICS AND LIVESTOCK GRAZING PATTERN IN AND AROUND GREY GORAL HABITAT IN MACHIARA NATIONAL PARK, AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR, PAKISTAN

If the bill is passed into law, any herdsman wishing to set up ranches or anyone intending to graze livestock on ranches is expected to pay a permit fee with the permit, renewable after one year, subject to the governor's approval.

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