1 (of cows, sheep, etc.) to eat grass that is growing in a field:
[V] There were cows grazing beside the river. * Parents have been warned against allowing children to graze on sweets and snacks (= to keep eating them, instead of real meals). * [VN] The field had been grazed by sheep.
2 [VN] to put cows, sheep, etc. in a field so that they can eat the grass there:
The land is used by local people to graze their animals.
3 [VN] to break the surface of your skin by rubbing it against sth rough:
I fell and grazed my knee. * He grazed his elbow on a sharp piece of rock.
4 [VN] to touch sth lightly while passing it:
The bullet grazed his cheek.
noun a small injury where the surface of the skin has been slightly broken by rubbing against sth:
Adam walked away from the crash with just cuts and grazes.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for graze is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is graze a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, graze is tagged as verb.
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