[
UK
/ɡɹˈeɪzd/
]
[ US /ˈɡɹeɪzd/ ]
[ US /ˈɡɹeɪzd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
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.