GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 3 definitions

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   Graze , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grazed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Grazing.] [OE. grasen, AS. grasian, fr. græs grass. See Grass.]
   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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   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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   To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
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   When Jacob grazed his uncle Laban's sheep.
   Shak.
   
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   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.
   To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze on the meadows.
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   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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   To touch something lightly in passing.
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   Graze, n.
   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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   A light touch; a slight scratch.
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