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Graze \Graze\, n.
1. The act of grazing; the cropping of grass. [Colloq.]
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Turning him out for a graze on the common. --T.
Hughes.
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2. A light touch; a slight scratch.
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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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Graze \Graze\, v. i.
1. To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze
on the meadows.
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2. To yield grass for grazing.
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The ground continueth the wet, whereby it will never
graze to purpose. --Bacon.
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3. To touch something lightly in passing.
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