English Dictionary: grazing | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for grazing | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Graze \Graze\ (gr[amac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grazed} (gr[amac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Grazing}.] [OE. grasen, AS. grasian, fr. gr[91]s grass. See {Grass}.] 1. To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for. A field or two to graze his cows. --Swift. 2. To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse. The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead. --Pope. 3. To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing. When Jacob grazed his uncle Laban's sheep. --Shak. 4. To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Grazing \Graz"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, grazes. 2. A pasture; growing grass. |