graze has definitions from the fields of biology,food,medicine
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[ verb ] (food) feed as in a meadow or pasture

Examples

"the herd was grazing"

Used in print

(The Christian Science Monitor...)

Thousands of buffalo ( `` bison '' they will never be to the man on the street ) grazing like a mobile brown throw-rug upon the rolling , dusty-green grassland .

Related terms

feed crop range eatage browse

2
[ verb ] break the skin (of a body part) by scraping

Examples

"She was grazed by the stray bullet"

Related terms

injure

3
[ verb ] (food) let eat

Synonyms

range

Examples

"range the animals in the prairie"

Related terms

feed grass crop range

4
[ verb ] scrape gently

Synonyms

rake crease

Examples

"graze the skin"

Related terms

brush shave

5
[ noun ] (medicine) a superficial abrasion

Related terms

abrasion

6
[ verb ] (food) let (animals) feed in a field or pasture or meadow

Synonyms

pasture crop

7
[ verb ] (food) eat lightly, try different dishes

Synonyms

browse

Examples

"There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing"

Related terms

nosh

8
[ noun ] (biology,food) the act of grazing

Synonyms

grazing

Related terms

eating crop crop

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