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Webster 1913 Edition
Graze
Graze
(grāz)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Grazed
(grāzd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Grazing
.] 1.
To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.
A field or two to
graze
his cows. Swift.
2.
To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse.
The lambs with wolves shall
graze
the verdant mead. Pope.
3.
To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
When Jacob
grazed
his uncle Laban’s sheep. Shakespeare
4.
To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing;
as, the bullet
. grazed
the wallGraze
,Verb.
I.
1.
To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage;
as, cattle
. graze
on the meadows2.
To yield grass for grazing.
The ground continueth the wet, whereby it will never
graze
to purpose. Bacon.
3.
To touch something lightly in passing.
Graze
,Noun.
1.
The act of grazing; the cropping of grass.
[Colloq.]
Turning him out for a
graze
on the common. T. Hughes.
2.
A light touch; a slight scratch.
Webster 1828 Edition
Graze
GRAZE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To rub or touch lightly in passing; to brush lightly in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall or the earth.2.
To feed or supply cattle with grass; to furnish pasture for; as, the farmer grazes large herds of cattle.3.
To feed on; to eat from the ground, as growing herbage. The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead.
4.
To tend grazing cattle; as, Jacob grazed Laban's sheep.GRAZE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To supply grass; as, the ground will not graze well.2.
To move on devouring.