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Graze (grāz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grazed (grāzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Grazing.] [OE. grasen, AS. grasian, fr. græs grass. See Grass.]
1. To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.
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A field or two to graze his cows. Swift.
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2. To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse.
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The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead. Pope.
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3. To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
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When Jacob grazed his uncle Laban's sheep. Shak.
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4. To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, “the bullet grazed the wall”.
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Graze, v. i.
1. To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, “cattle graze on the meadows”.
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2. To yield grass for grazing.
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The ground continueth the wet, whereby it will never graze to purpose. Bacon.
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3. To touch something lightly in passing.
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Graze, n.
1. The act of grazing; the cropping of grass. [Colloq.]
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Turning him out for a graze on the common. T. Hughes.
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2. A light touch; a slight scratch.
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