graze
graze
(greɪz )Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense grazes , present participle grazing , past tense, past participle grazed
1. verb
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 massive oak. [VERB]
The hills have been grazed by sheep because they were too steep to be ploughed. [be VERB-ed]
Several horses grazed the meadowland. [VERB noun]
...a large herd of grazing animals. [VERB-ing]
2. verb
If you graze a part of your body, you injure your skin by scraping against something.
I had grazed my knees a little. [VERB noun]
grazed adjective
...grazed arms and legs.
4. verb
