āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to graze
01
āĻāĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§
(of sheep, cows, etc.) to feed on the grass in a field
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The cows peacefully grazed in the pasture under the warm sun.
āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻŽ āĻ°ā§āĻĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŖā§ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to cause injury to the surface of one's skin by rubbing it against something rough
Transitive: to graze the skin
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He accidentally grazed his arm against the rough wall while moving furniture.
āĻĢāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻˇ āĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻ¤ āĻāĻˇā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
03
āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§
to eat small amounts of food or snacks throughout the day, often at irregular times
Intransitive: to graze | to graze on snacks
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
I âm not hungry enough for a full meal, so I âll just graze a little.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¯āĻĨā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻ, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻ°āĻŦāĨ¤
04
āĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ, āĻāĻāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to lightly touch or brush against something, often causing a slight scratch or mark
Transitive: to graze sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The car grazed the side of the building, leaving a long scratch along the paint.
āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻļ āĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻāĻ°ā§, āĻĒā§āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻŦāĻ°āĻžāĻŦāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ˛āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
They decided to graze their sheep on the lush hillside.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻŦā§āĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻ° āĻĸāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
01
the action of feeding on grass or other low vegetation, typically by livestock or wild herbivores
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
A quiet graze in the meadow kept the animals healthy.
02
a minor scratch on the skin
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The child 's arm had a small graze from the playground slide.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
overgraze
graze
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
