Grazed

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Graze \Graze\ (gr[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grazed}
     (gr[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Grazing}.] [OE. grasen, AS.
     grasian, fr. gr[ae]s grass. See {Grass}.]
     1. To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to
        furnish pasture for.
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              A field or two to graze his cows.     --Swift.
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     2. To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a
        pasture); to browse.
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              The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead.
                                                    --Pope.
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     3. To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
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              When Jacob grazed his uncle Laban's sheep. --Shak.
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     4. To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in
        passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  grazed
       adj : scraped or touched lightly in passing; "his grazed and
             bleeding arm proved he had been in the line of fire"