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graze

greɪz
WordNet
Mary and Joseph sitting under a tree. Mary breastfeeds the Christ child, Joseph holds the grazing donkey and offers Mary a fruit.
Mary and Joseph sitting under a tree. Mary breastfeeds the Christ child, Joseph holds the grazing donkey and offers Mary a fruit.
  1. (v) graze
    eat lightly, try different dishes "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing"
  2. (v) graze
    scrape gently "graze the skin"
  3. (v) graze
    feed as in a meadow or pasture "the herd was grazing"
  4. (v) graze
    let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
  5. (v) graze
    break the skin (of a body part) by scraping "She was grazed by the stray bullet"
  6. (n) graze
    the act of grazing
  7. (n) graze
    a superficial abrasion
Illustrations
Cows and goats graze in a meadow landscape with a large tree on the left. In the foreground on the left two goats; among one of them Jupiter as a baby who drinks milk from the udder of Amalthea. On the right a pig. A group of three farmers is talking to each other. A flock of birds in the sky. Below the performance a line in Dutch. Allegory of the socio-economic situation in the Netherlands in 1644. Print from a series of five allegorical landscapes with sayings.
Cows and goats graze in a meadow landscape with a large tree on the left. In the foreground on the left two goats; among one of them Jupiter as a baby who drinks milk from the udder of Amalthea. On the right a pig. A group of three farmers is talking to each other. A flock of birds in the sky. Below the performance a line in Dutch. Allegory of the socio-economic situation in the Netherlands in 1644. Print from a series of five allegorical landscapes with sayings.
A shepherd is sleeping on a small hill behind a fence. A few sheep graze near him.
A shepherd is sleeping on a small hill behind a fence. A few sheep graze near him.
Two farmers carry a pump on their shoulders. Behind them a pasture with grazing cattle and a row of pollard willows along a ditch.
Two farmers carry a pump on their shoulders. Behind them a pasture with grazing cattle and a row of pollard willows along a ditch.
A valley in the summer. The cattle are grazing in the pasture and the farmers are plowing in the field. In the foreground, two men are looking at the landscape.
A valley in the summer. The cattle are grazing in the pasture and the farmers are plowing in the field. In the foreground, two men are looking at the landscape.
A group of grazing cows in a meadow, to the left a ditch.
A group of grazing cows in a meadow, to the left a ditch.
A few goats graze in a clearing in the Haagse Bos. A path runs along the site.
A few goats graze in a clearing in the Haagse Bos. A path runs along the site.
Under a tree a horse lying and a grazing. In the background a road with a horse-drawn carriage and a horse with cart
Under a tree a horse lying and a grazing. In the background a road with a horse-drawn carriage and a horse with cart
In a landscape a flock of sheep grazes under three trees.
A flock of sheep
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Graze
    A light touch; a slight scratch.
  2. Graze
    The act of grazing; the cropping of grass. "Turning him out for a graze on the common."
  3. Graze
    To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze on the meadows.
  4. Graze
    To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse. "The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead."
  5. Graze
    To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for. "A field or two to graze his cows."
  6. Graze
    To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall.
  7. Graze
    To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing. "When Jacob grazed his uncle Laban's sheep."
  8. Graze
    To touch something lightly in passing.
  9. Graze
    To yield grass for grazing. "The ground continueth the wet, whereby it will never graze to purpose."
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. graze
    To eat grass; feed on growing herbage.
  2. graze
    To supply grass.
  3. graze
    To spread and devour, as fire.
  4. graze
    To feed or supply with growing grass; furnish pasture for.
  5. graze
    To feed on; eat growing herbage from.
  6. graze
    To tend while grazing, as cattle.
  7. (n) graze
    The act of grazing or feeding on grass.
  8. graze
    To touch or rub lightly in passing; brush lightly the surface of: as, the bullet grazed his cheek; the ship grazed the rocks.
  9. graze
    To abrade; scrape the skin from.
  10. graze
    To act with a slight rubbing or abrading motion; give a light touch in moving or passing.
  11. (n) graze
    The act of grazing or slightly abrading; a slight stroke or scratch in passing.
  12. (n) graze
    In gunnery, the point where a shot strikes the ground or water and rebounds.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (v.t) Graze
    grāz to eat or feed on grass: to feed or supply with grass:
  2. (v.i) Graze
    to eat grass: to supply grass
  3. (v.t) Graze
    grāz to pass lightly along the surface.
  4. (v.t) Graze
    grāz (obs.) to tend while grazing
Quotations
Gilbert K. Chesterton
The mere brute pleasure of reading --the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
The only freedom supposed to be left to the masses is that of grazing on the ration of simulacra the system distributes to each individual.
Michel De Certeau
No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes.
KaThe Kollwitz
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary OE. grasen, AS. grasian, fr. græs, grass. See Grass

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary From grass.

Usage in the news

Producers who are able to graze out cattle on their wheat pasture as part of a dual-purpose management system need to take stock of both livestock markets and the local effects of recent and projected weather patterns. hpj.com

Millet Works Great For Swath Grazing. hayandforage.com

Good source of grazing, hay. southeastfarmpress.com

A white- tailed deer investigates the road as she grazes with her two fawn at Peck Ranch in southeast Missouri on Monday. columbiamissourian.com

A herd of 22 bison grazes at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve near Strong City. ljworld.com

Parsons, Kansas — Summer annuals are often used by cattle producers for summer grazing or harvested for hay. farmtalknewspaper.com

Depending how far south you live, some have already started to graze pastures. farmanddairy.com

Sam Rigby walks by a tree that fell and grazed his house and hit his neighbor's house during Superstorm Sandy. cnn.com

Pippa Middleton's Bust-Grazing, High- Waisted Skirt: Love It or Hate It. usmagazine.com

A horse grazes on the levee next to flooded homes after Isaac came through the region, in Braithwaite, La. nbcsandiego.com

The sheep graze and even munch on fallen nut meat. cynthianademocrat.com

A white-tailed deer investigates the road as she grazes with her two fawn at Peck Ranch in southeast Missouri on Monday. columbiamissourian.com

Grazing standing corn and bales make it possible. hayandforage.com

A herd of bison graze on the 1,100 acre Windmill Pasture at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve near Strong City. ljworld.com

"Take Half, Leave Half," is a grazing rule of thumb which Mindy Hubert, SDSU Extension small acreage field specialist, says has taken on a new meaning during the drought. plaintalk.net

Usage in scientific papers

Nambu, “Black hole formation in the grazing collision of high-energy particles,” Phys.
Tests of Classical Gravity Description for Microscopic Black Hole Production

Since it is such a grazing incidence, and because the CME2 FR is also not too far away from the Sun-Earth line, confidence in this conclusion is not high, but we do find it more likely that the CME1 FR accounts for the geoeffective ejecta than the CME2 FR.
A Coronal Hole's Effects on CME Shock Morphology in the Inner Heliosphere

This is similar to estimating the size of a French mountain valley by taking the r.m.s. dispersion in the locations of individuals in a flock of sheep grazing in the valley. I now turn to the measurement of F2 (x, Q2) by the H1 and Zeus collaborations at HERA.
Summary of the XXX Rencontre de Moriond QCD Session

Even WX Ari, previously thought to be low inclination, shows grazing eclipses (Hellier et al. 1995).
The Nova-like Variables

Extracted values from hydrodynamic calculations show essentially no centrality dependence, except for the grazing collisions.
Collective flow and QCD phase transition

Usage in literature

While the cattle were grazing, the cowboys would fall to and satisfy their own appetites. "The Pony Rider Boys in Texas" by Frank Gee Patchin

CAUSE: Cattle become affected with this worm by grazing in pastures in which infested cattle have grazed and scattered their droppings. "The Veterinarian" by Chas. J. Korinek

High up on distant hills, bands of sheep were grazing. "David Lannarck, Midget" by George S. Harney

This land is well adapted to grazing and the government has allowed free use of it to stockmen as pasture lands. "Checking the Waste" by Mary Huston Gregory

The young men are out with the sheep or are looking after the yaks grazing in the mountains. "From Pole to Pole" by Sven Anders Hedin

We had to picket the burros out, to graze, at first, or they might have gone back to town. "Pluck on the Long Trail" by Edwin L. Sabin

The others are away grazing. "First in the Field" by George Manville Fenn

Fortunately the horses stopped to graze at a tempting spot of grass which they found on their way. "Hendricks the Hunter" by W.H.G. Kingston

The nag was grazing, when one of the instruments fell down, at which the beast commenced kicking, to show his displeasure. "Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet" by Captain Marryat

One had apparently penetrated his shoulder, the other had grazed his temple. "In the Track of the Troops" by R.M. Ballantyne

Usage in poetry
He gives the grazing ox his meat,
He hears the raven's cry;
But man, who tastes his finest wheat,
Should raise his honors high.
"Psalm 147" by Isaac Watts Author object (310)
"He loves the grass-green meadows,
The grazing kine's sweet breath;
He loathes your bloody Horg-stones,
Your gifts that smell of death.
"The Dole Of Jarl Thorkell" by John Greenleaf Whittier Author object (377)
Thy neighing steeds and lowing herds,
Thy numerous flocks around thee graze,
And the best purple Tyre affords
Thy robe magnificent displays.
"Horace, Book II. Ode XVI." by William Cowper Author object (696)
To-day there is no sound at all
Save sounds that hint of perfect peace;
The cattle grazing by the wall,
The stream whose murmurs never cease.
"A Border Keep" by Alexander Anderson
Damoetas.
"Back with the she-goats, Tityrus, grazing there
So near the river! I, when time shall serve,
Will take them all, and wash them in the pool."
"Eclogue III " by Virgil Author object (675)
Come ye hither all, whom joy
Doth destroy,
While ye graze without your bounds:
Here is joy that drowneth quite
Your delight,
As a floud the lower grounds.
"The Invitation" by George Herbert Author object (243)