Graze Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (original) (raw)

Britannica Dictionary definition of GRAZE

1

a

of an animal

:

to eat grass or other plants that are growing in a field, pasture, etc.

[no object]

• The cattle grazed (on grass) in the field.
• grazing cattle

[+ object]

• Fields grazed by cattle.

b

[+ object]

:

to cause (animals) to graze

• We grazed our cattle on the front pasture.

2

[no object]

:

to eat small amounts of food at many times during the day

• She was grazing on snacks all afternoon.

Britannica Dictionary definition of GRAZE

[+ object]

1

:

to touch or hit (something) while moving past it

• The car's wheel grazed the curb.
• He was grazed by a bullet.

2

:

to injure (the skin, a part of the body, etc.) by scraping against something

• She grazed her knee when she fell.

Britannica Dictionary definition of GRAZE

[count]

:

an injury on your skin that is caused because it moves against something

• She had a slight graze on her knee from falling.