(graze+skin)

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• graze — Ⅰ. graze [1] ► VERB 1) (of cattle, sheep, etc.) eat grass in a field. 2) informal eat frequent snacks at irregular intervals. DERIVATIVES grazer noun. ORIGIN Old English, related to GRASS(Cf. ↑ …   English terms dictionary

• skin — ► NOUN 1) the thin layer of tissue forming the natural outer covering of the body of a person or animal. 2) the skin of a dead animal used as material for clothing or other items. 3) the peel or outer layer of a fruit or vegetable. 4) an outer… …   English terms dictionary

• skin — [n] outer covering, especially of animate being bark, carapace, case, casing, coating, crust, cutis, derma, dermis, epidermis, fell, film, fur, hide, hull, husk, integument, jacket, membrane, outside, parchment, peel, pelt, rind, sheath,… …   New thesaurus

• graze — I UK [ɡreɪz] / US verb Word forms graze : present tense I/you/we/they graze he/she/it grazes present participle grazing past tense grazed past participle grazed 1) a) [intransitive] to eat grass growing in a field The sheep were grazing… …   English dictionary

• graze — graze1 [ greız ] verb 1. ) intransitive to eat grass growing in a field: The sheep were grazing peacefully. a ) transitive to put an animal in a place where it can eat grass: Farmers can now graze their cattle on the mountain. 2. ) intransitive… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• graze — graze1 [greız] v [: Old English; Origin: grasian, from grAs; GRASS] 1.) [I and T] if an animal grazes, or if you graze it, it eats grass that is growing graze on ▪ Groups of cattle were grazing on the rich grass. ▪ fields where they used to graze …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• graze — [greɪz] verb I 1) [I] to eat grass that is growing somewhere Goats grazed on the hillside.[/ex] 2) [T] to break the surface of your skin He fell off the swing and grazed his knee.[/ex] 3) [I/T] to touch something slightly when you pass it She let …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• graze — 1 verb 1 EAT GRASS a) (I) if an animal grazes, it eats grass that is growing: The sheep continued to graze. b) (T) to let animals eat grass: fields where they used to graze their sheep 2 INJURE YOURSELF (T) to break the surface of your skin by… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• graze — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ minor, slight, small VERB + GRAZE ▪ have, suffer ▪ She suffered only minor grazes in the crash …   Collocations dictionary

• graze´a|ble — graze1 «grayz», verb, grazed, graz|ing, noun. –v.i. 1. to feed on growing grass and other herbage. Cattle, sheep, and horses graze. »Cattle were grazing in the field. The…horses were turned out to graze (Washington Irving). 2. to pasture cattle,… …   Useful english dictionary

• skin — skin1 W2S2 [skın] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(body)¦ 2¦(from an animal)¦ 3¦(food)¦ 4¦(on a liquid)¦ 5¦(part of an object)¦ 6¦(computer)¦ 7 have (a) thin/thick skin 8 get under somebody s skin 9 by the skin of your teeth 10 make s …   Dictionary of contemporary English