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graze 1  (grz)
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 ghr- in Indo-European roots.]
grazea·ble, graza·ble adj.
grazer n.
graze 2  (grz)
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.
n.
1. The act of brushing or scraping along a surface.
2. A minor scratch or abrasion.
[Perhaps from graze.]


graze  /grez/  v. grazed, grazing, grazes 1 [I;T] to feed on grass: The sheep graze in the field. 2 [T] to touch lightly against s.t. and injure the skin: The child fell and grazed her hand. 3 [T] to touch s.t. lightly as it passes: I grazed the side of the car when I tried to park.
n. a light wound, scrape on the surface of the skin graze
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