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graze

/ɡɹeɪz/ noun

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In Latin: pābulor, pasco Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about graze at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A superficial abrasion.
  2. The act of grazing.

verb

  1. Feed as in a meadow or pasture.
    the herd was grazing
  2. Break the skin (of a body part) by scraping.
    She was grazed by the stray bullet
  3. Let feed in a field or pasture or meadow.

Origin

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.

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