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grazed

[ UK /ɡɹˈe‍ɪzd/ ]
[ US /ˈɡɹeɪzd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. scraped or touched lightly in passing
    his grazed and bleeding arm proved he had been in the line of fire

How To Use grazed In A Sentence

  • Cattle and sheep started to roam languidly towards the hill slopes where they grazed, mooing and baaing.
  • I felt that weird shifting movement and a feathery light object grazed my bare skin.
  • A painful red stroke appeared on her chest as the sword grazed her skin.
  • The baboon would keep the goats together as they grazed during the day, giving alarm calls if it spotted cheetahs or leopards. Times, Sunday Times
  • As he did so something grazed his face, oh so lightly, like the tremulous wall of a bubble. EVERVILLE
  • The grassy slopes were grazed by apparently fearless and footsure sheep, and in parts the sheer cliffs were occupied by seabirds - fulmars, kittiwakes and auks.
  • The goats that grazed these trees began to lose their teeth and many died of starvation, much to the despair of their owners. Times, Sunday Times
  • Although it is perfectly good meadowland, none of the villagers has ever grazed animals on the meadow on the other side of the wall. STARDUST
  • It was high enough to be a hayfield except where some farm animal had grazed.
  • The game may have its origin in ancient times, when herds of cattle grazed in the steppes and mountains and were exposed to the threat of attack by wolves.
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