graze
🇺🇸
/ɡreɪz/
🇬🇧
/ɡreɪz/
verb
R
to eat grass in a field
Cows graze in the green field.
R
to let animals eat grass in a field
Farmers graze their sheep on this land.
R
to eat small snacks often instead of big meals
She likes to graze on fruit during the day.
R
to scrape the skin slightly
He grazed his arm on the rough wall.
R
to touch lightly while moving past
The car grazed the fence as it passed.
noun
R
a small scrape on the skin
She had a graze on her knee from the fall.
translation
to eat grass in a field; to let animals eat grass in a field; to eat small snacks often instead of big meals; to scrape the skin slightly; to touch lightly while moving past
a small scrape on the skin
Word Forms
3rd Present
grazes
Progressive
grazing
Past
grazed
Perfect
grazed
Plural
grazes