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graze1
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- pronunciation:
- greIz
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
grazes, grazing, grazed |
| definition: |
to feed on growing grass and herbage, as cattle and horses.
The cattle grazed in the pasture.
- synonyms:
- browse
- similar words:
- feed, forage, pasture
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to feed on (growing grass or a field of it).
- synonyms:
- browse, crop
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| definition 2: |
to put (animals) to feed on growing grass.
We grazed the horses near the river.- synonyms:
- pasture, range
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| definition 3: |
to tend (animals) at pasture.
- similar words:
- herd, shepherd, tend
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| derivation: |
grazer (n.) |
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