Graze
verb
When animals, such as cows or sheep, eat grass in a field.
The farmer allows his cows to graze in the meadow during the summer months.
Often appears as...
- graze in the field
- graze on the grass
verb
To touch or scrape the skin slightly causing a small injury or pain.
She just grazed her knee when she fell on the pavement.
Often appears as...
- graze your knee
- graze your arm
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
Touch or rub lightly in passing.
His hand lightly grazed her arm as he walked by.
Often appears as...
- graze against
- graze past
verb
To eat small amounts of food over a period of time.
She tends to graze throughout the day rather than eating three meals.
Often appears as...
- graze on snacks
- graze throughout the day
verb
When animals, such as cows or sheep, eat grass in a field.
The farmer allows his cows to graze in the meadow during the summer months.
Often appears as...
- graze in the field
- graze on the grass
verb
To touch or scrape the skin slightly causing a small injury or pain.
She just grazed her knee when she fell on the pavement.
Often appears as...
- graze your knee
- graze your arm
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
Touch or rub lightly in passing.
His hand lightly grazed her arm as he walked by.
Often appears as...
- graze against
- graze past
verb
To eat small amounts of food over a period of time.
She tends to graze throughout the day rather than eating three meals.
Often appears as...
- graze on snacks
- graze throughout the day
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Outdoor Setting
Used when animals feed on grass in natural environments, usually in countryside imagery.
The sheep graze peacefully on the lush green hills.
Pro Tip 2/2Continuous Action
Often implies a continuous or regular activity carried out by animals over time.
Every morning the goats graze on the mountain slope.
Pro Tip 1/2Outdoor Setting
Used when animals feed on grass in natural environments, usually in countryside imagery.
The sheep graze peacefully on the lush green hills.
Pro Tip 2/2Continuous Action
Often implies a continuous or regular activity carried out by animals over time.
Every morning the goats graze on the mountain slope.
Pro Tip 1/2Outdoor Setting
Used when animals feed on grass in natural environments, usually in countryside imagery.
The sheep graze peacefully on the lush green hills.
Pro Tip 2/2Continuous Action
Often implies a continuous or regular activity carried out by animals over time.
Every morning the goats graze on the mountain slope.
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Avoiding desertification...
intense grazing of cattle you could emulate what happened with ancient herds and basically give grasslands the the churn and the nutrients that they need to grow and avoid desertification and a lot of people would said wow that's the most hopeful thing I've heard in ages
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Why do cats have...
This may be because these pupils are especially useful in perceiving objects at the relative short distances these animals tend to hunt. The world looks very different from behind the horizontally elongated pupils of many grazing and browsing animals, like goats.
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Top 5 Animal Adaptations...
have evolved some peculiar adaptations which allow them to graze without competition their huge long tongues are pigmented a colored dark gluey color which protects them from the Sun and this enables them to eat high in the treetops all day long not only are they
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Nature's Mighty Power:...
hippopotamus roamed for miles between dusk and dawn in search of good grazing but there's a limit to their range and they must turn around and head back to water before the sun rises life on earth is powered by the sun
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How to green the world's...
We had no understanding of that. What we had failed to understand was that these seasonal humidity environments of the world, the soil and the vegetation developed with very large numbers of grazing animals,
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UK National Parks in 100...
hair much of this land is managed for shooting birds through a combination of cutting grazing and burning large parts of our national parks are agricultural lands supporting the people livelihoods and
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Arctic Fox Snatches Snow...
but the mother has given her cubs the best possible start in life. The geese will continue grazing the tundra until the summer ends and they're forced to head south for the winter.
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The Planet Earth...
come to an end but the mother has given her Cubs the best possible start in life the geese will continue grazing the
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Incredible Animal...
Risking life and limb to graze on these seaweed pastures.
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Crab vs Eel vs Octopus PIPE...
risking life and limb to graze on these seaweed pastures
Video examples
Avoiding desertification...
intense grazing of cattle you could emulate what happened with ancient herds and basically give grasslands the the churn and the nutrients that they need to grow and avoid desertification and a lot of people would said wow that's the most hopeful thing I've heard in ages
Video examples
Why do cats have...
This may be because these pupils are especially useful in perceiving objects at the relative short distances these animals tend to hunt. The world looks very different from behind the horizontally elongated pupils of many grazing and browsing animals, like goats.
Video examples
Top 5 Animal Adaptations...
have evolved some peculiar adaptations which allow them to graze without competition their huge long tongues are pigmented a colored dark gluey color which protects them from the Sun and this enables them to eat high in the treetops all day long not only are they
Video examples
Nature's Mighty Power:...
hippopotamus roamed for miles between dusk and dawn in search of good grazing but there's a limit to their range and they must turn around and head back to water before the sun rises life on earth is powered by the sun
Video examples
How to green the world's...
We had no understanding of that. What we had failed to understand was that these seasonal humidity environments of the world, the soil and the vegetation developed with very large numbers of grazing animals,
Video examples
UK National Parks in 100...
hair much of this land is managed for shooting birds through a combination of cutting grazing and burning large parts of our national parks are agricultural lands supporting the people livelihoods and
Video examples
Arctic Fox Snatches Snow...
but the mother has given her cubs the best possible start in life. The geese will continue grazing the tundra until the summer ends and they're forced to head south for the winter.
Video examples
The Planet Earth...
come to an end but the mother has given her Cubs the best possible start in life the geese will continue grazing the
Video examples
Incredible Animal...
Risking life and limb to graze on these seaweed pastures.
Video examples
Crab vs Eel vs Octopus PIPE...
risking life and limb to graze on these seaweed pastures
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Ramez Naam
American Writer
Food production has affected the environment more than any other activity humans have engaged in. Humanity devotes more land to food production than anything else - roughly a third of the surface area of the earth, much of which was once forest but has been converted by humans into farms or grazing lands.
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Gordon Ramsay
Scottish Chef
When you're a chef, you graze. You never get a chance to sit down and eat. They don't actually sit down and eat before you cook. So when I finish work, the first thing I'll do, and especially when I'm in New York, I'll go for a run. And I'll run 10 or 15k on my - and I run to gain my appetite.
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Joel Salatin
American Author
It's very common to implement mob grazing and double your production for a per-acre capitalisation investment... because it doesn't take any more corraling, no more electricity, rent, machinery or labour to double your production on an existing place.
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Donella Meadows
American Environmentalist
There is hardly a place on Earth where people do not log, pave, spray, drain, flood, graze, fish, plow, burn, drill, spill or dump. There is no life zone, with the possible exception of the deep ocean, that we are not degrading.
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Sylvia Plath
American Poet
I pass by people, grazing them on the edges, and it bothers me. I've got to admire someone to really like them deeply - to value them as friends.
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Randy Jackson
American Musician
You can never go more than three or four hours without having something to nibble on or eat - you have to graze all day long.
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Andrea McLean
Scottish Celebrity
I used to think everything had to be perfect, but now I know perfection doesn't exist - life comes with bumps and grazes.
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Sophie Dahl
English Model
I was greedy and ate in that unselfconscious way teenagers do, constantly grazing and eating when I wasn't hungry.
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Kathe Kollwitz
German Artist
No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes.
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Marisa Tomei
American Actress
I'm a person who has to eat! I graze every few hours.
Quote examples
Ramez Naam
American Writer
Food production has affected the environment more than any other activity humans have engaged in. Humanity devotes more land to food production than anything else - roughly a third of the surface area of the earth, much of which was once forest but has been converted by humans into farms or grazing lands.
Quote examples
Gordon Ramsay
Scottish Chef
When you're a chef, you graze. You never get a chance to sit down and eat. They don't actually sit down and eat before you cook. So when I finish work, the first thing I'll do, and especially when I'm in New York, I'll go for a run. And I'll run 10 or 15k on my - and I run to gain my appetite.
Quote examples
Joel Salatin
American Author
It's very common to implement mob grazing and double your production for a per-acre capitalisation investment... because it doesn't take any more corraling, no more electricity, rent, machinery or labour to double your production on an existing place.
Quote examples
Donella Meadows
American Environmentalist
There is hardly a place on Earth where people do not log, pave, spray, drain, flood, graze, fish, plow, burn, drill, spill or dump. There is no life zone, with the possible exception of the deep ocean, that we are not degrading.
Quote examples
Sylvia Plath
American Poet
I pass by people, grazing them on the edges, and it bothers me. I've got to admire someone to really like them deeply - to value them as friends.
Quote examples
Randy Jackson
American Musician
You can never go more than three or four hours without having something to nibble on or eat - you have to graze all day long.
Quote examples
Andrea McLean
Scottish Celebrity
I used to think everything had to be perfect, but now I know perfection doesn't exist - life comes with bumps and grazes.
Quote examples
Sophie Dahl
English Model
I was greedy and ate in that unselfconscious way teenagers do, constantly grazing and eating when I wasn't hungry.
Quote examples
Kathe Kollwitz
German Artist
No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes.
Quote examples
Marisa Tomei
American Actress
I'm a person who has to eat! I graze every few hours.
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