Graze
Pronunciation: /ˈɡreɪz/
Graze (verb)
- When animals eat grass in a field.
- To touch something lightly while moving past it.
- To scrape the skin slightly, causing a small injury.
Examples
- The cows graze in the field every morning.
- Sheep graze on the hillside during summer.
Common collocations: cattle graze, graze peacefully, grazed surface, barely graze, graze a knee
Graze (noun)
- A small injury where the skin is scraped.
Examples
- He had a small graze on his arm.
- The child showed her mother a graze on her knee.