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graze

graze
G g

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [greyz]
    • /greɪz/
    • /ɡreɪz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [greyz]
    • /greɪz/

Definitions of graze word

  • verb without object graze to touch or rub something lightly, or so as to produce slight abrasion, in passing: to graze against a rough wall. 1
  • verb with object graze to touch or rub lightly in passing. 1
  • verb with object graze to scrape the skin from; abrade: The bullet just grazed his shoulder. 1
  • noun graze a touching or rubbing lightly in passing. 1
  • noun graze a slight scratch, scrape, or wound made in passing; abrasion. 1
  • noun graze (of cattle, sheep, etc.) eat grass in a field. 1

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Origin of graze

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English grasen, Old English grasian, derivative of græs grass

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Graze

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

graze popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

graze usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for graze

verb graze

  • rub — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
  • scratch — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
  • scrape — to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
  • ricochet — the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting one or more times from the surface over which it is passing or against which it hits a glancing blow.
  • skim — to take up or remove (floating matter) from the surface of a liquid, as with a spoon or ladle: to skim the cream from milk.

noun graze

  • abrasion — An abrasion is an area on a person's body where the skin has been scraped.
  • lesion — an injury; hurt; wound.
  • scuff — to scrape (something) with one's foot or feet.

Antonyms for graze

verb graze

  • manhandle — to handle roughly.
  • abstain — If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.

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