Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of feeding on grass.
  • noun A pasture.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of one who, or that which, grazes.
  • noun A pasture; growing grass.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Present participle of graze.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the act of brushing against while passing
  • noun the act of grazing

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Examples

  • I campaigned with him sometimes into the wee early mornings, and he did have a habit of what we call grazing back in those days, and many of us who covered him were guilty just as well.

    CNN Transcript Sep 3, 2004 2004

  • Leave Perth As you leave, you notice that the building for Australian Quarantine and Inspection Services has a bright tangy-green lawn that is covered in grazing rabbits.

    > Leave Perth 2009

  • - We hunters can hunt how we want. (including wolves) - Over-grazing is ended and biodiversity shoots up in the ecosystem.

    Wisconsin Hunters Bag Earn-A-Buck And Alternative 2009

  • Fortunately, they were more interested in grazing than in me so I slipped out of there quietly with no harm done.

    Archive 2010-06-01 Olga Bonfiglio 2010

  • - We hunters can hunt how we want. (including wolves) - Over-grazing is ended and biodiversity shoots up in the ecosystem.

    Wisconsin Hunters Bag Earn-A-Buck And Alternative 2009

  • Fortunately, they were more interested in grazing than in me so I slipped out of there quietly with no harm done.

    Farm Journal: Potatoes, Buffaloes and Bucks Olga Bonfiglio 2010

  • Now if by "healthy ecosystem" you mean a system in which fire and rotational grazing is practiced constantly then yes, it does tend to be somewhat controlled, but that's extremely labor-intensive work and trust me, an eastern redcedar will sprout in a beautiful, healthy pristine patch of short or midgrass prairie just as quickly as it will an eroded gully.

    Kill Some Trees On Earth Day 2009

  • You, libs, are grazing from the government trough – bellowing for more "feed" without expecting to get slaughtered.

    Are tax hikes back on the table? 2009

  • Now if by "healthy ecosystem" you mean a system in which fire and rotational grazing is practiced constantly then yes, it does tend to be somewhat controlled, but that's extremely labor-intensive work and trust me, an eastern redcedar will sprout in a beautiful, healthy pristine patch of short or midgrass prairie just as quickly as it will an eroded gully.

    Kill Some Trees On Earth Day 2009

  • Magnetic alignment in grazing and resting cattle and deer, Begall et al, PNAS

    hughstimson.org » Blog Archive » Google Earthing Cow Directions 2008

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