graze
$ \mathrm{graze}^1 |ɡrāz|
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verb no object
(of cattle, sheep, etc.) eat grass in a field:
〈動物などが〉(牧)草を食べる; 【牧草を】食べる «on»
e.g. cattle graze on the open meadows.
with object (of an animal) feed on (grass or land covered by grass):
〈家畜が〉〈牧草〉を食べる.
e.g. llamas graze the tufts of grass.
with object put (cattle, sheep, etc.) to feed on land covered by grass:
〈人が〉〈家畜〉に牧草を食べさせる; 〈牧草〉を家畜に食べさせる
e.g. shepherds who grazed animals on common land.
informal (of a person) eat small quantities of food at frequent but irregular intervals:
｟くだけて｠ 〈人が〉 «…を» (食事の代わりに)だらだらと間食する «on»
e.g. advertisers should not encourage children to graze on snacks or sweets.
informal, chiefly North American casually sample something:
e.g. we grazed up and down the channels.
DERIVATIVES
grazer noun
ORIGIN
Old English grasian, from græs‘grass’.
$ \mathrm{graze}^2 |ɡrāz|
verb with object
scrape the skin of (a part of the body) so as to break the surface but cause little or no bleeding:
〈人が〉〈膝･皮膚など〉をすりむく.
e.g. she fell down and grazed her knees.
touch or scrape lightly in passing:
〈弾丸などが〉〈人など〉をかする; …に軽く接触する.
e.g. his hands just grazed hers.
noun
a slight injury where the skin is scraped:
かすり傷
e.g. it'll be fine, it's only a graze.
ORIGIN
late 16th century: perhaps a specific use of graze1.