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verb

Graze v. t. (past & past part. grazed; pres. part. grazing)

To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for. "A field or two to graze his cows."

To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse. "The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead."

To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing. "When Jacob grazed his uncle Laban's sheep."

To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall.

Graze v. i.

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

To yield grass for grazing. "The ground continueth the wet, whereby it will never graze to purpose."

To touch something lightly in passing.

noun

Graze n.

The act of grazing; the cropping of grass. (Colloq.) "Turning him out for a graze on the common."

A light touch; a slight scratch.

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"Graze" Quotes from Famous Books

... Paris could understand it. The French Government wants five thousand mules by the fall of the year, and there are no such mules in the world as this State produces. They are sending a man over here to try to make a deal with the State of Harpeth to purchase the mules from private breeders, graze them on the government lands and deliver them in a lot for shipment the first of August at Savannah. There is no authority on the statute book for the State to make such a deal, but Jeff Whitworth has fixed up a sort of contract, that wouldn't hold water in the courts, by which the ...

— The Daredevil • Maria Thompson Daviess

... 40 And all their echoes mourn. The Willows, and the Hazle Copses green, Shall now no more be seen, Fanning their joyous Leaves to thy soft layes. As killing as the Canker to the Rose, Or Taint-worm to the weanling Herds that graze, Or Frost to Flowers, that their gay wardrop wear, When first the White thorn blows; Such, Lycidas, thy loss ...

— The Poetical Works of John Milton • John Milton

... chill and the sky was becoming overcast. Preparations for the night busied everybody. Fresh ponies were being saddled for the night relief, the hard-ridden, tired ones that had been used that day being turned loose to graze. Some poles were set up and a tarpaulin arranged for Mrs. Louderer and me to sleep under. Mrs. Louderer and Jerrine lay down on some blankets and I unrolled some more, which I was glad to notice were clean, for Baby and myself. I can't remember ever being ...

— Letters of a Woman Homesteader • Elinore Pruitt Stewart

... wander o'er the verdant lawn, Where graze contentedly the fleecy flock; But can I show myself in gills so torn, Or brave the public gaze in ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete • Various

... that a doe that had but one eye used to graze near the sea; and in order to be safe, she kept her blind eye toward the water, from which side she expected no danger, while with the good eye she watched the country. Some men, perceiving this, took a boat and ...

— Sowing and Reaping • Dwight Moody

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