Graze



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GRE 红宝书

• v. ( 动物) 吃 ( 地上长的) 草; 放牧
• ［英］ v. ( 动物) 吃 ( 地上长的) 草 ( to feed on growing grass) ; 放牧 ( to put livestock to feed on [growing grass, herbage, etc.])
• ［记］ 来自 grass ( 草) , 和 glaze ( 装玻璃, 上釉彩) 一起记

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (grazed; grazing)

• Etymology: Middle English grasen, from Old English grasian, from gr?s grass
• Date: before 12th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton
  • 2. to eat small portions of food throughout the day
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to crop and eat in the field
    • b. to feed on the herbage of
  • 2.
    • a. to put to graze <grazed the cows on the meadow>
    • b. to put cattle to graze on
  • 3. to supply herbage for the grazing of
• ? grazeable or grazable adjective
• ? grazer noun

II. noun

• Date: 1857
• 1. an act of grazing
• 2. herbage for grazing

III. verb (grazed; grazing)

• Etymology: perhaps from ［sup］1［/sup］graze
• Date: 1604
• transitive verb
  • 1. to touch lightly in passing
  • 2. abrade, scratch <grazed her knee when she fell>
• intransitive verb
  • to touch or rub against something in passing

IV. noun

• Date: 1847
• a scraping along a surface or an abrasion made by it; especially a superficial abrasion of the skin

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