graze

Meanings

Noun

• The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.
• A light abrasion; a slight scratch.
• The act of animals feeding from pasture.

Verb

• To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.
• To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)
• To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
• To eat periodically throughout the day, rather than at fixed mealtimes.
• To shoplift by consuming food or drink items before reaching the checkout.
• To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.
• To cause a slight wound to; to scratch.
• To yield grass for grazing.

Origin

• From Old English grasian ("to feed on grass"), from græs.