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To eat, or feed on, grass or herbs
“The sheep are allowed to graze on rangeland for a good part of the year and are very healthy.”
To touch or brush lightly in passing
“Turning his head to see whether Klaus was still around, Marcus felt a hand graze his shoulder.”
To scrape or wear away by friction
“I fall off my bike and graze my knee. My knee stings, but I am not going to cry or make a fuss over it.”
To bounce or ricochet off a surface
“Solar radiation is highest where rays fall squarely on the surface and is greatly reduced when the rays graze the surface.”
To touch or stroke gently or lovingly
To harm or injure by cutting
To scratch or tear at something with one's claws or fingernails
To eat or consume food
To move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching
To take small bites or nibbles at or out of
To be connected with
To subsist on a particular type of food
A slight bruise or injury where the skin is scraped
“She expertly slits open the leg of my breeches to apply bandages and iodine to a long but fortunately shallow graze on my shin.”
A quick and fleeting touch
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