Graze
11graze — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ minor, slight, small VERB + GRAZE ▪ have, suffer ▪ She suffered only minor grazes in the crash …
12graze — I UK [ɡreɪz] / US verb Word forms graze : present tense I/you/we/they graze he/she/it grazes present participle grazing past tense grazed past participle grazed 1) a) [intransitive] to eat grass growing in a field The sheep were grazing… …
13graze — graze1 [greız] v [: Old English; Origin: grasian, from grAs; GRASS] 1.) [I and T] if an animal grazes, or if you graze it, it eats grass that is growing graze on ▪ Groups of cattle were grazing on the rich grass. ▪ fields where they used to graze …
14graze — graze1 [ greız ] verb 1. ) intransitive to eat grass growing in a field: The sheep were grazing peacefully. a ) transitive to put an animal in a place where it can eat grass: Farmers can now graze their cattle on the mountain. 2. ) intransitive… …
15graze — 01. The cows were [grazing] in the field when the wolves came. 02. The fields have been [grazed] by sheep, and are getting quite bare. 03. There were large herds of [grazing] animals, such as zebras, antelope and others, spread out across the… …
16graze — {{11}}graze (v.1) to feed, O.E. grasian to feed on grass, from græs grass (see GRASS (Cf. grass)). Cf. M.Du., M.H.G. grasen, Du. grazen, Ger. grasen. Figurative use by 1570s. Related: Grazed; grazing. {{12}}graze …
17graze — [[t]gre͟ɪz[/t]] grazes, grazing, grazed 1) V ERG When animals graze or are grazed, they eat the grass or other plants that are growing in a particular place. You can also say that a field is grazed by animals. Five cows graze serenely around a… …
18graze — I [[t]greɪz[/t]] v. grazed, graz•ing 1) agr. to feed on growing grass and herbage, as do cattle, sheep, etc 2) cvb inf Informal. a) cvb inf to eat small portions of food or snacks in place of regular meals b) to sample small portions of a variety …
19graze — [OE] There is no difficulty about the etymology of graze ‘feed on grass’: it was formed in Old English times as a derivative of grease 252 the noun græs (modern English grass). But what about graze in the sense ‘scrape lightly’, first recorded in …
20graze — 1 verb 1 EAT GRASS a) (I) if an animal grazes, it eats grass that is growing: The sheep continued to graze. b) (T) to let animals eat grass: fields where they used to graze their sheep 2 INJURE YOURSELF (T) to break the surface of your skin by… …
