graze

Pronunciation: /ɡɹeɪz/

The English word “graze” has 11 meanings listed here.

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.
To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)
To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
To eat small amounts of food periodically throughout the day, rather than at fixed mealtimes, often not in response to hunger.
To shoplift by consuming food or drink items before reaching the checkout.
To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.
To cause a slight wound to; to scratch.
To yield grass for grazing.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English grasen (“to feed with grass”), from Old English grasian, from Proto-West Germanic *grasōn, from Proto-Germanic *grasōną, from *grasą (“grass”) + *-ōną (verbal suffix). Doublet of grass.

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