Graze — Defs

01 v. t. To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.

imp. & p. p. Grazed; p. pr. & vb. n. Grazing

1.
To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.
“A field or two to graze his cows.” — Swift.
2.
To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse.
“The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead.” — Pope.
3.
To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
“When Jacob grazed his uncle Laban's sheep.” — Shak.
4.
To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall.

02 v. i. To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze on the meadows.

1.
To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze on the meadows.
2.
To yield grass for grazing.
“The ground continueth the wet, whereby it will never graze to purpose.” — Bacon.
3.
To touch something lightly in passing.

03 n. The act of grazing; the cropping of grass.

1.
The act of grazing; the cropping of grass.[Colloq.]
“Turning him out for a graze on the common.” — T. Hughes.
2.
A light touch; a slight scratch.