graze
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/ɡɹeɪz/
English
Definitions
noun
- The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.
- A light abrasion; a slight scratch.
- The act of animals feeding from pasture.
verb
- To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.“1999: Although it is perfectly good meadowland, none of the villagers has ever grazed animals on the meadow on the other side of the wall. — Stardust, Neil Gaiman, page 4 (2001 Perennial Edition).”
- To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)“Cattle graze in the meadows.”
- To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
- To eat periodically throughout the day, rather than at fixed mealtimes.