Complete Definition of "graze"

English

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪz|-eɪz

Noun
en-noun

#The act of grazing; a touching or rubbing lightly on passing.
#A light touch; a slight scratch.

Translations
trans-top|act of grazing or scratching lightly
Finnish: naarmuttaminen, raapaisu
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trans-top|light scratch
Finnish: naarmu
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Spanish: rasguño m
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Kurdish: KUchar|�������
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Verb
en-verb|graz|ing

#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); to browse.
#:cattle graze on the meadows
#To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
#To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.
#:the bullet grazed the wall
#To cause a slight wound to.
#:to graze one's knee

Translations
trans-top|to feed or supply with grass
Finnish: laiduntaa
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trans-top|to eat grass from a pasture
Finnish: laiduntaa
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trans-top|to tend cattle while grazing
Finnish: paimentaa
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trans-top|to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
Finnish: raapaista
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trans-top|to cause a slight wound to
Finnish: raapaista, naarmuttaa
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ttbc|French: brouter (1, 2)
ttbc|Spanish: pastar
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