1. Feed as in a meadow or pasture
   "the herd was grazing";
   - crop, browse, range, pasture
    
2. Let feed in a field, pasture or meadow
   "The sheep grazed on the hillside";
   - crop, pasture
    
3. Break the skin (of a body part) by scraping
   "She was grazed by the stray bullet"
    
4. Scrape gently
   "graze the skin";
   - crease, rake
    
5. Touch or scrape slightly while passing
   "The bullet grazed the lamp"
    
6. [informal] Eat small amounts of different foods, especially snacks
   "She spent the afternoon grazing on chips and cookies"

1. A superficial abrasion
   "The child had a graze on her elbow from falling off her bike"

Sounds like: grater, grearaze, grays, g

Derived forms: grazed, grazes, grazing

Type of: abrasion, brush, excoriation, feed, give, injure, nosh, scrape, scratch, snack, wound

Encyclopedia: Graze