GRAZE


Meaning of GRAZE in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ minor , slight , small

VERB + GRAZE

▪ have , suffer

She suffered only minor ~s in the crash.

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ on

I had a ~ on my leg.

PHRASES

▪ be just a ~

▪ cuts and ~s ( esp. BrE )

II.

verb

1 of animals

ADVERB

▪ contentedly , peacefully , quietly

Sheep were grazing peacefully in the fields.

VERB + GRAZE

▪ allow sth to , turn sth out to

The cattle were turned out to ~.

PREPOSITION

▪ on , upon

lambs grazing on the rough moorland pasture

2 break the surface of your skin

ADVERB

▪ badly

She had ~d her elbow quite badly.

▪ just , only

The bullet only ~d his shoulder.

PREPOSITION

▪ on

He fell and ~d his knees on a rock

Graze is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ bullet , ↑ calf , ↑ cattle , ↑ cow , ↑ donkey , ↑ goat , ↑ goose , ↑ horse , ↑ lip , ↑ sheep

Graze is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ cattle , ↑ knee , ↑ knuckle

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .