Definition of "graze" in English

noun

1. The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.

2. A light abrasion; a slight scratch.

3. The act of animals feeding from pasture.

verb

1. (transitive) To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.

2. (ambitransitive) To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)

   • Cattle graze in the meadows.

3. (transitive) To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.

4. (intransitive) To eat small amounts of food periodically throughout the day, rather than at fixed mealtimes, often not in response to hunger.

5. To shoplift by consuming food or drink items before reaching the checkout.

6. (transitive) To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.

   • the bullet grazed the wall

7. (transitive) To cause a slight wound to; to scratch.

   • to graze one's knee

8. (intransitive) To yield grass for grazing.