grazed

/ษกษนeษชzd/

IPA: /G R EY1 Z D/

verb
  1. 1

    To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.

    โ€œ1999: Although it is perfectly good meadowland, none of the villagers has ever grazed animals on the meadow on the other side of the wall. โ€” Stardust, Neil Gaiman, page 4 (2001 Perennial Edition).โ€

  2. 2

    To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)

    โ€œCattle graze in the meadows.โ€

  3. 3

    To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.

  4. 4

    To eat periodically throughout the day, rather than at fixed mealtimes.

  5. 5

    To shoplift by consuming food or drink items before reaching the checkout.

  6. 6

    To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.

    โ€œthe bullet grazed the wallโ€

  7. 7

    To cause a slight wound to; to scratch.

    โ€œto graze one's kneeโ€

  8. 8

    To yield grass for grazing.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/graze, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/grazed