GRAZE

graze. Graze, v.i. to eat grass, touch slightly, glance, skim

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Graze (grāz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grazed (grāzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Grazing.] [[OE. grasen, AS. grasian, fr. græs grass. See Grass.]] 1. 1. To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.
A field or two to graze his cows. Swift. 2. 2. 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. 3. 3. To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
When Jacob grazed his uncle Laban's sheep. Shak. 4. 4. To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall.