graze

CEFRC1

/ɡɹeɪz/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To eat grass or lightly scrape against something.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    A light abrasion; a slight scratch.

Examples

  • The sheep graze the grass in the field.

  • I have a graze here.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meaning

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

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.

  2. The act of animals feeding from pasture.

More examples

In context

  • Cattle graze in the meadows.

  • the bullet grazed the wall

  • to graze one's knee

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

Old English grasian Middle English grasen English graze Inherited from Middle English grasen (“to feed with grass”), from Old English grasian, from Proto-West Germanic *grasōn, from Proto-Germanic *grasōną, from *grasą (“grass”) + *-ōną (verbal suffix). Doublet of grass.