'Graze' definitions:
Definition of 'graze'
From: WordNet
noun
A superficial abrasion
noun
The act of grazing [syn: graze, grazing]
verb
verb
Break the skin (of a body part) by scraping; "She was grazed by the stray bullet"
verb
verb
verb
Eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing" [syn: browse, graze]
Definition of 'Graze'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Graze'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Graze'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'graze'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablate,
- abrade,
- abrase,
- attouchement,
- bark,
- batten upon,
- beak,
- board,
- bread,
- breath,
- browse,
- bruise,
- brush,
- brush by,
- bunt,
- caress,
- carom,
- chafe,
- chuck,
- come in contact,
- contact,
- contingence,
- contuse,
- crop,
- cutaneous sense,
- dab,
- dap,
- dine,
- erase,
- erode,
- fatten on,
- fatten upon,
- feast on,
- feast upon,
- feed,
- feed on,
- feel,
- feeling,
- file,
- fillip,
- fingertip caress,
- flick,
- flip,
- flirt,
- fodder,
- forage,
- fray,
- frazzle,
- fret,
- gall,
- glance,
- gnaw,
- gnaw away,
- grass,
- grate,
- gratify,
- grind,
- hand-mindedness,
- harm,
- hit,
- hurt,
- impinge,
- impingement,
- impingence,
- injure,
- kiss,
- lambency,
- lap,
- lick,
- light touch,
- live on,
- meat,
- mess,
- nudge,
- osculate,
- osculation,
- pasture,
- pasture on,
- pat,
- peck,
- pick,
- prey on,
- provision,
- rap,
- rasp,
- raze,
- regale,
- ricochet,
- rub,
- rub away,
- rub off,
- rub out,
- ruffle,
- satisfy,
- scour,
- scrape,
- scrub,
- scuff,
- sense of touch,
- shave,
- sideswipe,
- skim,
- skin,
- skip,
- skirt,
- snap,
- squeak by,
- stroke,
- sustain,
- sweep,
- tactile sense,
- taction,
- tangency,
- tap,
- tentative contact,
- tentative poke,
- tickle,
- tip,
- touch,
- touch lightly,
- touch upon,
- touching,
- wear,
- wear away,
- whisk,
- whisper,
- wine and dine,
- wound