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Verb: graze  greyz
  1. Feed as in a meadow or pasture
    "the herd was grazing";
    - crop, browse, 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, pasture or meadow
    - crop, pasture
     
  4. Scrape gently
    "graze the skin";
    - crease, rake
     
  5. Eat lightly, try different dishes
    "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by grazing";
    - browse
Noun: graze  greyz
  1. A superficial abrasion
     
  2. Eating small snacks throughout the day rather than having meals
    - grazing

Sounds like: grater, grearaze, grays, g

Derived forms: grazed, grazes, grazing

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

Encyclopedia: Graze