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graze

/ graze /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the act of grazing
Type of:
eating feeding
Derived:
crop pasture browse range crease
noun Sense 2
a superficial abrasion
Type of:
abrasion scratch scrape
Derived:
crease rake
verb Sense 3
scrape gently
"graze the skin"
Type of:
brush
Kinds of:
shave
Derived:
grazing shaving skimming
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 4
break the skin (of a body part) by scraping
"She was grazed by the stray bullet"
Type of:
injure wound
Derived:
grazing shaving skimming
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s on something
verb Sense 5
eat lightly, try different dishes
"There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing"
Type of:
nosh snack
Derived:
grazing browse browsing
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 6
let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
Type of:
feed give
Kinds of:
grass drift
Derived:
pasture pastureland grazing land lea ley
Verb group:
crop browse range pasture
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
animal animate being beast
verb Sense 7
feed as in a meadow or pasture
"the herd was grazing"
Type of:
feed eat
Derived:
pasture pastureland grazing land lea ley
Verb group:
range crop pasture
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Semantic Complexity
57%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
50
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

eating feeding abrasion scratch scrape brush shave injure wound nosh snack feed