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• Graze — (gr[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grazed} (gr[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Grazing}.] [OE. grasen, AS. grasian, fr. gr[ae]s grass. See {Grass}.] 1. To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for. [1913 Webster] A field or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• 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

• graze — 01. The cows were [grazing] in the field when the wolves came. 02. The fields have been [grazed] by sheep, and are getting quite bare. 03. There were large herds of [grazing] animals, such as zebras, antelope and others, spread out across the… …   Grammatical examples in English

• 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´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

• graze — [[t]gre͟ɪz[/t]] grazes, grazing, grazed 1) V ERG When animals graze or are grazed, they eat the grass or other plants that are growing in a particular place. You can also say that a field is grazed by animals. Five cows graze serenely around a… …   English dictionary

• field — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 on a farm ADJECTIVE ▪ cultivated, ploughed/plowed ▪ We had to walk across a ploughed/plowed field. ▪ grass, grassy, green ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• graze — I. verb (grazed; grazing) Etymology: Middle English grasen, from Old English grasian, from græs grass Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton 2. to eat small portions of food… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Field of fire — The field of fire of a weapon (or group of weapons) is the area around it that it can easily and effectively reached by gunfire. The term field of fire is mostly used in reference to machine guns. Their fields of fire incorporate the beaten zone …   Wikipedia

• graze — graze1 verb 1》 (of cattle, sheep, etc.) eat grass in a field.     ↘feed on (grass or grassland). 2》 informal eat frequent snacks at irregular intervals. 3》 informal, chiefly N. Amer. casually sample something. Derivatives grazer noun Origin OE… …   English new terms dictionary