graze

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Sinonieme

pasture

browse

scratch

scrape

abrasion

feed

eat

🍽️

crop

herd

brush against

shepherd

rub

skim

grazing

skin

brush

abrade

crease

rake

range

touch

shave

cut grass

eat grass

tend

excoriation

contact

depasture

rasp

polish

🇵🇱

nibble

sweep over

feed on

snack

whisk

stock

swab

sweep

swob

t

tangency

tangential

touch lightly

whistle

wipe

wound

become blurred

nibble at

scratch up

swing out

Vertalings

paître

pascolare

brouter

pastar

pascere

pacer

grazen

escoriazione

faire paître

brucare

apacentar

weiden

pâturer

pastar

effleurer

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɡɹeɪz/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Old English: grasian

In summary

From Old English grasian (“to feed on grass”), from græs (“grass”).