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Grammar : Verb
Spell : greyz
Phonetic Transcription : greɪz



Definition of grazed

Origin :
  • "to feed," Old English grasian "to feed on grass," from græs "grass" (see grass). Cf. Middle Dutch, Middle High German grasen, Dutch grazen, German grasen. Figurative use by 1570s. Related: Grazed; grazing.
  • verb touch
  • verb feed on
Example sentences :
  • On the other side were undulating pasture-lands on which grazed a few sheep.
  • Extract from : « The Yates Pride » by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
  • His glance just grazed Good Indian, and passed him over as being of no consequence.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • More than once they had grazed the rocks and were clear again.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate and The Three Cutters » by Frederick Marryat
  • The blow that had been aimed at his heart had no more than grazed his shoulder.
  • Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
  • I think it's better here because it's been fenced and grazed lightly so long.
  • Extract from : « The Duke Of Chimney Butte » by G. W. Ogden
  • The little burro, now obscurely melancholic, grazed in the meadow.
  • Extract from : « The Trimming of Goosie » by James Hopper
  • His had been a very narrow escape,—it had grazed his ugly nose as it fell!
  • Extract from : « The Rambles of a Rat » by A. L. O. E.
  • We swerved between bull and buggy and grazed the side of the latter.
  • Extract from : « 'Charge It' » by Irving Bacheller
  • With trembling hand he shot the first of his magic shafts: it grazed a wing.
  • Extract from : « The Indian Fairy Book » by Cornelius Mathews
  • In the month of June they were most beautiful animals, and they grazed fairly.
  • Extract from : « Cattle and Cattle-breeders » by William M'Combie

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