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grazing

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graze 1  (grz)
v. grazed, graz·ing, graz·es
v.intr.
1. To feed on growing grasses and herbage.
2. Informal
a. To eat a variety of appetizers as a full meal.
b. To eat snacks throughout the day in place of full meals.
v.tr.
1. To feed on (herbage) in a field or on pastureland.
2. To feed on the herbage of (a piece of land).
3. To afford herbage for the feeding of: This field will graze 30 head of cattle.
4. To put (livestock) out to feed.
5. To tend (feeding livestock) in a pasture.

[Middle English grasen, from Old English grasian, from græs, grass; see ghr- in Indo-European roots.]

grazea·ble, graza·ble adj.
grazer n.

grazing
Noun
land where grass is grown for farm animals to feed upon
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.grazinggrazing - the act of grazing
eating, feeding - the act of consuming food
2.grazing - the act of brushing against while passing
touching, touch - the act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights"
Translations
Spanish grazing [ˈgreɪzɪŋ] n (for livestock) → pastoreo
French grazing [ˈgreɪzɪŋ] n (= pasture) → pâturage m
German grazing [ˈgreɪzɪŋ] graze nWeideland nt
Italian grazing [ˈgreɪzɪŋ] npascolo

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By day Grazing their jaded steeds, by night they ford The hostile stream.
An Indian grazing ground is all rocks and scrub and tussocks and little ravines, among which the herds scatter and disappear.
Then Hermes made designs on Apollo's herd of cattle which were grazing in the same place as the cattle of Admetus.
 
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