Definitions for grazing

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grazing graz·ing

Spelling: [grey-zing]

IPA: /ˈgreɪ zɪŋ/

Grazing is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 99 anagrams from letters in grazing (agginrz).

Definitions for grazing

noun

1. pastureland; a pasture.
2. Informal. the act or practice of switching television channels frequently to watch several programs.
3. a touching or rubbing lightly in passing.
4. a slight scratch, scrape, or wound made in passing; abrasion.

verb (used with object)

1. to feed on (growing grass).
2. to put cattle, sheep, etc., to feed on (grass, pastureland, etc.).
3. to tend (cattle, sheep, etc.) while they are at pasture.
4. to touch or rub lightly in passing.
5. to scrape the skin from; abrade:

verb (used without object)

1. to feed on growing grass and pasturage, as do cattle, sheep, etc.
2. Informal. to eat small portions of food, as appetizers or the like, in place of a full-sized meal or to snack during the course of the day in place of regular meals.
3. to touch or rub something lightly, or so as to produce slight abrasion, in passing:

Origin of grazing

late Middle English word dating back to 1400-50; See origin at graze¹, -ing¹

Examples for grazing

Of course that “interesting company,” alongside the grazing goats, will probably number the odd royal and Hollywood celebrity.

“So if Cliven Bundy wishes to pay taxes or grazing fees—he should pay it to the Shoshone,” she writes.

His land––that is, his grazing––lies to the west of the house.

As they are so dangerous, these reptiles should always be destroyed as much as possible in all pastures and grazing grounds.

One day a neighbour's dog started a hare in a meadow where some cows were grazing.

She turned to look at the grazing cow, and then turned back to him.

Then, without warning, they shot into the group, grazing two teenage boys with bullets.

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has claimed that Agenda 21 sought to abolish “golf courses, grazing pastures, and paved roads.”

Upon these, the deer were grazing leisurely, like cattle, in numerous herds.

The U.S. government says Cliven Bundy owes $1 million in grazing fees and sent in contract cowboys to round up his cattle.