GRAZE


Meaning of GRAZE in English

(~s, grazing, ~d)

1.

When animals ~ or are ~d, they eat the grass or other plants that are growing in a particular place. You can also say that a field is ~d by animals.

Five cows ~ serenely around a massive oak...

The hills have been ~d by sheep because they were too steep to be ploughed...

Several horses ~d the meadowland.

...a large herd of grazing animals.

VERB: V, be V-ed, V n, V -ing

2.

If you ~ a part of your body, you injure your skin by scraping against something.

I had ~d my knees a little.

VERB: V n

~d

...~d arms and legs.

ADJ

3.

A ~ is a small wound caused by scraping against something.

N-COUNT

4.

If something ~s another thing, it touches that thing lightly as it passes by.

A bullet had ~d his arm...

VERB: V n

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