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English Dictionary: graze by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
graze
n
  1. a superficial abrasion
  2. the act of grazing
    Synonym(s): graze, grazing
v
  1. feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing"
    Synonym(s): crop, browse, graze, range, pasture
  2. break the skin (of a body part) by scraping; "She was grazed by the stray bullet"
  3. let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
    Synonym(s): crop, graze, pasture
  4. scrape gently; "graze the skin"
    Synonym(s): graze, crease, rake
  5. eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing"
    Synonym(s): browse, graze
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]:
   Graze \Graze\, v. i.
      1. To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze
            on the meadows.
  
      2. To yield grass for grazing.
  
                     The ground continueth the wet, whereby it will never
                     graze to purpose. --Bacon.
  
      3. To touch something lightly in passing.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Graze \Graze\, n.
      1. The act of grazing; the cropping of grass. [Colloq.]
  
                     Turning him out for a graze on the common. --T.
                                                                              Hughes.
  
      2. A light touch; a slight scratch.
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