Graze

/ɡɹeɪz/

noun

  1. The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.

  2. A light abrasion; a slight scratch.

  3. The act of animals feeding from pasture.

verb

  1. To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.

    1999: Although it is perfectly good meadowland, none of the villagers has ever grazed animals on the meadow on the other side of the wall. — Stardust, Neil Gaiman, page 4 (2001 Perennial Edition).

  2. To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)

    Cattle graze in the meadows.

  3. To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.

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