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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a superficial abrasion;

2. the act of grazing;
[syn: graze, grazing]


VERB (5)

1. feed as in a meadow or pasture;
- Example: "the herd was grazing"
[syn: crop, browse, graze, range, pasture]

2. break the skin (of a body part) by scraping;
- Example: "She was grazed by the stray bullet"

3. let feed in a field or pasture or meadow;
[syn: crop, graze, pasture]

4. scrape gently;
- Example: "graze the skin"
[syn: graze, crease, rake]

5. eat lightly, try different dishes;
- Example: "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing"
[syn: browse, graze]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Graze \Graze\, n. 1. The act of grazing; the cropping of grass. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Turning him out for a graze on the common. --T. Hughes. [1913 Webster] 2. A light touch; a slight scratch. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Graze \Graze\ (gr[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grazed (gr[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Grazing.] [OE. grasen, AS. grasian, fr. gr[ae]s grass. See Grass.] 1. To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for. [1913 Webster] A field or two to graze his cows. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse. [1913 Webster] The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing. [1913 Webster] When Jacob grazed his uncle Laban's sheep. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Graze \Graze\, v. i. 1. To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze on the meadows. [1913 Webster] 2. To yield grass for grazing. [1913 Webster] The ground continueth the wet, whereby it will never graze to purpose. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 3. To touch something lightly in passing. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

graze n 1: a superficial abrasion 2: the act of grazing [syn: graze, grazing] v 1: feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" [syn: crop, browse, graze, range, pasture] 2: break the skin (of a body part) by scraping; "She was grazed by the stray bullet" 3: let feed in a field or pasture or meadow [syn: crop, graze, pasture] 4: scrape gently; "graze the skin" [syn: graze, crease, rake] 5: eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing" [syn: browse, graze]