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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
Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 2 Dec. 2024
Herds of cattle and wild pronghorn antelope graze together in this remote expanse, unbroken except for the stray dirt roads crisscrossing between ranches.
—John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 2 Dec. 2024
Chicago Tribune, 19 Nov. 2024
Since the stinging defeat in the courts, at which details emerged of government security forces downplaying the Bundys’ legitimate concern for their own safety when federal sniper units encircled the family, Washington and its agencies let the Bundys graze at will and without charge.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Verb
Supplementing the diets of grazing beef cows with seaweed in pellet form could cut their methane emissions by almost 40 percent, a new study has found.
—Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 2 Dec. 2024
Herds of cattle and wild pronghorn antelope graze together in this remote expanse, unbroken except for the stray dirt roads crisscrossing between ranches.
—John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 2 Dec. 2024
Noun
The man suffered two gunshot wounds in his left arm and a graze wound in his neck and was transported to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in critical condition.
—Chicago Tribune, 19 Nov. 2024
Since the stinging defeat in the courts, at which details emerged of government security forces downplaying the Bundys’ legitimate concern for their own safety when federal sniper units encircled the family, Washington and its agencies let the Bundys graze at will and without charge.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Graze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graze. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.
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