graze

About 0.94 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.
2. noun A light abrasion; a slight scratch.
3. noun The act of animals feeding from pasture.
4. verb To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.
5. verb To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)

   Cattle graze in the meadows.

6. verb To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
7. verb To eat small amounts of food periodically throughout the day, rather than at fixed mealtimes, often not in response to hunger.
8. verb To shoplift by consuming food or drink items before reaching the checkout.

Similar words

crease rake pasture crop range browse scratch scrape abrasion bruise

Often followed by

on in the their and his at cattle upon

Word family

grazable grazeable grazed grazer grazers grazes grazing