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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.

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

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grazea·ble, graza·ble adj.

grazer n.

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grazing

Noun

land where grass is grown for farm animals to feed upon

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	grazing - the act of grazing                   graze eating, feeding - the act of consuming food
	2.	grazing - the act of brushing against while passing shaving, skimming touching, touch - the act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights"

Translations

grazing [ˈgreɪzɪŋ] n (for livestock) → pastoreo

grazing [ˈgreɪzɪŋ] n (= pasture) → pâturage m

grazing [ˈgreɪzɪŋ] graze n → Weideland nt

grazing [ˈgreɪzɪŋ] n → pascolo