graze as a noun: - 1
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as a verb: - 1
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graze
noun
1 graze
A superficial abrasion.
Dutch: schrab, schram
Polish: draśnięcie, zadraśnięcie
2 graze
The act of grazing.
synonym: grazing.
Polish: wypas
verb
1 graze
Feed as in a meadow or pasture.
synonyms: browse, crop, pasture, range.
Roget 199:
be contiguous
etc.
adj.;
join,
adjoin,
abut on,
march with;
graze,
touch,
meet,
osculate,
come in contact,
coincide;
coexist;
adhere
etc.
46.
[cause to be contiguous]
juxtapose;
contact;
join
(unite)
43;
link
(vinculum)
45.
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Roget 298:
eat,
feed,
fare,
devour,
swallow,
take;
gulp,
bolt,
snap;
fall to;
despatch,
dispatch;
discuss;
take down,
get down,
gulp down;
lay in,
tuck in [Slang];
lick,
pick,
peck;
gormandize
etc.
957;
bite,
champ,
munch,
cranch†,
craunch†,
crunch,
chew,
masticate,
nibble,
gnaw,
mumble.
live on;
feed upon,
batten upon,
fatten upon,
feast upon;
browse,
graze,
crop,
regale;
carouse
etc.
(make merry)
840;
eat heartily,
do justice to,
play a good knife and fork,
banquet.
break bread,
break one's fast;
breakfast,
lunch,
dine,
take tea,
sup.
drink in,
drink up,
drink one's fill;
quaff,
sip,
sup;
suck,
suck up;
lap;
swig;
swill [Slang],
chugalug [Slang],
tipple
etc.
(be drunken)
959;
empty one's glass,
drain the cup;
toss off,
toss one's glass;
wash down,
crack a bottle,
wet one's whistle.
purvey
etc.
637.
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Roget 331:
rub,
scratch,
scrape,
scrub,
slide,
fray,
rasp,
graze,
curry,
scour,
polish,
rub out,
wear down,
gnaw;
file,
grind
etc.
(reduce to powder)
330.
set one's teeth on edge;
rosin.
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Dutch: grazen
2 graze
Break the skin (of a body part) by scraping.
Dutch: schrammen
3 graze
Let feed in a field or pasture or meadow.
synonyms: crop, pasture.
4 graze
Scrape gently:
— Graze the skin.
synonyms: crease, rake.
Dutch: schampen
5 graze
Eat lightly, try different dishes.
synonym: browse.
Moby thesaurus: ablate, abrade, abrase, attouchement, bark, batten upon, beak, board, bread, breath, browse, bruise, brush, brush by, bunt, caress, carom, chafe, chuck, come in contact, contact, contingence, contuse, crop, cutaneous sense, dab, dap, dine, erase, erode, fatten on, fatten upon, feast on, feast upon, feed, feed on, feel, feeling, file, fillip, fingertip caress, flick, flip, flirt, fodder, forage, fray, frazzle, fret, gall, glance, gnaw, gnaw away, grass, grate, gratify, grind, hand-mindedness, harm, hit, hurt, impinge, impingement, impingence, injure, kiss, lambency, lap, lick, light touch, live on, meat, mess, nudge, osculate, osculation, pasture, pasture on, pat, peck, pick, prey on, provision, rap, rasp, raze, regale, ricochet, rub, rub away, rub off, rub out, ruffle, satisfy, scour, scrape, scrub, scuff, sense of touch, shave, sideswipe, skim, skin, skip, skirt, snap, squeak by, stroke, sustain, sweep, tactile sense, taction, tangency, tap, tentative contact, tentative poke, tickle, tip, touch, touch lightly, touch upon, touching, wear, wear away, whisk, whisper, wine and dine, wound ... show more.
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