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as in to brush
to pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing
the volleyball just grazed my face, so I'm okay
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Recent Examples of graze
Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Their length, which usually grazes the ankle area, evokes the stylings of chic women from decades gone by and a sartorial sense of nostalgia, the close fit and flash of an ankle, together, a moment of sensuality.
—Paulina Berges, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2025
Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Wild ponies, svelte & savage, graze in dune grasses, whinny, yawn.
—J.t. Townley, The New York Review of Books, 6 Mar. 2025
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Verb
The teen, who gave only her first name, Nana, said her friend was grazed by a bullet and left in an ambulance.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Their length, which usually grazes the ankle area, evokes the stylings of chic women from decades gone by and a sartorial sense of nostalgia, the close fit and flash of an ankle, together, a moment of sensuality.
—Paulina Berges, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2025
Noun
The Philadelphia Police Department confirmed to PEOPLE that the 15-year-old boy was shot in the left arm, while the 20-year-old woman suffered a graze wound to the chest.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Wild ponies, svelte & savage, graze in dune grasses, whinny, yawn.
—J.t. Townley, The New York Review of Books, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Graze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graze. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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