graze Definition

graze¹
verb grazed, grazing

tr & intr
1. Said of animals: to eat grass.

Thesaurus: pasture, feed, eat, gnaw, nibble, bite, uproot, forage, ruminate, batten, crop, masticate.
2a. To feed (animals) on grass;
2b. To feed animals on (an area of pasture).
intr
3. colloq
To snack.
intr
4. colloq
To pilfer and immediately eat food off supermarket shelves.
tr & intr
5. colloq
To browse through TV channels, etc.

Derivative: grazer
noun

Derivative: grazing

The act or practice of grazing.

Pasture.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon grasian, from græs grass.

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graze²
verb grazed, grazing

1. To suffer a break in (the skin of eg a limb), through scraping against a hard rough surface.

Thesaurus: scrape, rub, chafe, abrade, shave.
2. To brush against something lightly in passing.

Thesaurus: touch, skim, brush, glance off.

noun

1. An area of grazed skin.
2. The action of grazing skin.

Thesaurus: scratch, abrasion, scrape, score.

Etymology: 17c.