graze

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Synonyms: grave, gaze, grace, craze, raze, grape, grate, glaze, grame, grade, grize

Antonyms: grave, gaze, grace, craze, raze, grape, grate, glaze, grame, grade, grize

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Noun

1. The act of [[grazing]]; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.
2. A light [[abrasion]]; a slight [[scratch]].
3. The act of animals feeding from pasture.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.
2. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
4. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[eat]] small amounts of food periodically throughout the day, rather than at fixed [[mealtime]]s, often not in response to hunger.
5. To [[shoplift]] by [[consume|consuming]] food or drink items before reaching the [[checkout]].
6. {{lb|en|transitive}} To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.
7. {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause a slight [[wound]] to; to [[scratch]].
8. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To yield grass for grazing.

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