graze

//ɡreɪz//
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Verb

grazeInfinitive
grazePresent tense
grazedPast tense
grazedPast participle
grazingPresent participle
grazesThird-person singular
1

(Of cattle, sheep, or other animals) to eat grass in a field.

The cows graze in the meadow every morning.

2

To put livestock to feed on grass in a pasture.

The farmer grazes his cattle in the meadow every summer.

Verb

grazeInfinitive
grazePresent tense
grazedPast tense
grazedPast participle
grazingPresent participle
grazesThird-person singular
1

To touch or scrape lightly in passing.

The bullet grazed his arm.

2

To suffer a slight injury by scraping the skin.

I grazed my knee when I fell off my bike.

Noun

1

A slight injury where the skin is scraped.

She got a graze on her knee when she fell off her bike.

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