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
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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.
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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
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- We hunters can hunt how we want. (including wolves) - Over-grazing is ended and biodiversity shoots up in the ecosystem.
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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
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- We hunters can hunt how we want. (including wolves) - Over-grazing is ended and biodiversity shoots up in the ecosystem.
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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
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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.
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You, libs, are grazing from the government trough – bellowing for more "feed" without expecting to get slaughtered.
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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.
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Magnetic alignment in grazing and resting cattle and deer, Begall et al, PNAS
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