graze

Definitions

1. 1.To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse. The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead. Pope.
2. 2.To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing. When Jacob grazed his uncle Laban's sheep. Shak.
3. 3.To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall.
4. 4.To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze on the meadows.
5. 5.To yield grass for grazing. The ground cortinueth the wet, whereby it will never graze to purpose. Bacon.
6. 6.To touch something lightly in passing.
7. 7.The act of grazing; the cropping of grass. [Colloq.] Turning him out for a grace on the common. T. Hughes.
8. 8.A light touch; a slight scratch.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Reverse-dictionary questions

Definition-first questions whose answer is graze.

• What is to feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse. The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead. Pope called?
• What is to tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing. When Jacob grazed his uncle Laban's sheep. Shak called?
• What is to rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall called?
• What is to eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze on the meadows called?
• What is to yield grass for grazing. The ground cortinueth the wet, whereby it will never graze to purpose. Bacon called?
• What is the act of grazing; the cropping of grass. [Colloq.] Turning him out for a grace on the common. T. Hughes called?