I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cow grazes (= eats the grass )
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Cows were grazing peacefully in the meadows.
cows/horses etc graze in a field (= they eat the grass growing there )
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Cattle were grazing in the field below.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
animal
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And grazing too many animals on too little land leaves soil unprotected against wind or water erosion.
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Most nocturnal grazing animals such as deer close their pupil as a horizontal shutter.
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Most commonly this occurs when donkeys are grazed as companion animals with horses.
cattle
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Rivers only roll along to brighten up the landscape, and cattle graze only to give life to his drawings.
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It also is planning two more golf courses, one designed by golf pro Greg Norman on cattle grazing land.
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North park was divided into areas for cattle grazing by iron fencing and barbed wire.
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Brock suggests that areas be fenced off to limit cattle grazing .
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Where the road passed through the coastal plains there were farms with cattle grazing on knee-high grass.
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About half the wheat grown in the Texas Panhandle is used for cattle grazing .
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These meadows were divided by hedges and barbed wire and in them great red cattle were grazing .
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Longhorn cattle grazed on mesquite, and dropped the seeds along the way on drives to the north.
field
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They were well-broken and when grazing in the fields , came to a call, taking no catching.
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He could see them grazing in the next field , further up the slope.
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More animals were grazing farther down the field .
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They keep fewer beef cattle and many of these are stall-fed rather than grazing in the fields .
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There could be a horse grazing in the field , but not the purple Chagall donkey.
land
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Thirst and hardship and the closing of grazing lands .
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It also is planning two more golf courses, one designed by golf pro Greg Norman on cattle grazing land .
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Under government ownership, the grazing land was gradually whittled away by privately owned farms.
pasture
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A flock of sheep grazed in one green pasture , across the fence from a herd of contented Guernseys.
sheep
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But the ways of wild nature, repressed by sheep grazing for so long, will not be held back for ever.
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A flock of sheep grazed in one green pasture, across the fence from a herd of contented Guernseys.
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Nobody walks on a slope like this for choice, only sheep , and they don't let sheep graze this lot.
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One showed a flock of sheep grazing .
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They went through a field where sheep grazed , and then through bracken that sloped down steeply to the River Dyn.
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Now Mrs Knelle drove away from the lake, along a narrow road between green hills where sheep grazed .
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Here and there on the hillside I could see sheep and goats grazing among the wild flowers and stunted trees.
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Only if sheep graze a combination of rough grassland and heather moor will the grassland slowly extend at the expense of moorland.
■ VERB
allow
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Fernando looked down on her adoringly before allowing his lips to graze languidly over her mouth and cheeks and throat.
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When the park was established, the villagers who were already here were allowed grazing and use rights.
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As animals have traditionally been allowed to graze amongst them, the lower branches have been rubbed or eaten away.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Billy grazed his knee on the sidewalk when he fell.
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Here are some low-fat snacks for holiday grazing.
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I just barely grazed her bumper, but she's claiming I wrecked her car.
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Ranchers will have to pay more to graze their cattle on federal land.
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The bullet grazed the corner of the building, just missing my arm.
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The sheep continued to graze .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And grazing too many animals on too little land leaves soil unprotected against wind or water erosion.
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Capella is low in the north, with Leo grazing the horizon.
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Fernando looked down on her adoringly before allowing his lips to graze languidly over her mouth and cheeks and throat.
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From up there, the grazing Holsteins are only black and white specks which seem incapable of movement.
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It is a huge four-poster that grazes the 9-foot ceilings.
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Lightly though, only grazing him.
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Longhorn cattle grazed on mesquite, and dropped the seeds along the way on drives to the north.
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The incoming immune adults then graze the lower more fibrous echelons of the herbage which contain the majority of the L3.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Flux can be mildly irritating so avoid getting it into cuts or grazes.
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He was back on Monday, with a graze on one cheek and perky as a parrot.
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It was a deep graze , but nothing more.
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One of the children, five-year-old Stewart Weir, escaped with a bullet graze to the leg.
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The graze along his cheekbone somehow managed to emphasise the tough, assured air he wore so easily.
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Their cattle would not be allowed to drink from it, or graze by it.
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There was a raw graze across one cheekbone.
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You may need to watch him at first, so that you can clean and dress any grazes or cuts immediately.