grazing

noun

graz·​ing ˈgrā-ziŋ How to pronounce grazing (audio)
: herbage or land for grazing

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The text no longer explicitly exempts lands with grazing leases, which cover millions of acres across the West. Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 17 June 2025 In addition to its effect on plants, creeping buttercup is harmful to grazing animals and pets. Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 11 June 2025 Researchers think the wide-open balds were created by grazing animals, first by mastodons and woolly mammoths, and later by deer and elk. Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan, Outside Online, 6 June 2025 While the human presence on the islands by the Chumash Indians dates back some 13,000 years, Santa Cruz provided grazing for both cattle and sheep in more recent history. Paul Bersebach, Oc Register, 4 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for grazing

Word History

First Known Use

1517, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of grazing was in 1517

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“Grazing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grazing. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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