grazing
放牧,牧草
Graze v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grazed p. pr. & vb. n. Grazing.]
1. To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.
A field or two to graze his cows. --Swift.
2. To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse.
The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead. --Pope.
3. To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
When Jacob grazed his uncle Laban's sheep. --Shak.
4. To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall.
Graz·ing n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, grazes.
2. A pasture; growing grass.
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grazing
n 1: the act of grazing [syn: graze]
2: the act of brushing against while passing [syn: shaving, skimming]