GRAZE
What does "GRAZE" mean?
To feed on growing grass, or to scrape the skin lightly while brushing past something.
Meanings
- To eat grass or other growing vegetation in a field. The sheep grazed peacefully on the hillside.
- To touch or scrape lightly in passing. The bullet only grazed his shoulder.
- To eat small amounts of food frequently rather than in set meals. She grazed on snacks all afternoon instead of eating lunch. informal
- A minor scrape or abrasion of the skin. He came home with a graze on his knee.
Word origin
From Old English 'grasian', derived from 'græs' (grass) — literally 'to feed on grass'; the 'scrape lightly' sense developed later, possibly by association.
Remember it
GRAZE is GRASS swapping its last S for ZE — the sheep eats the grass, so grass becomes graze.
A little poem
Sheep move like slow clouds-
the field gets shorter all day,
the cloud grows wider.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why are cows such optimists? They always find the field half grazed.
What it teaches
Whether you nibble a meadow or a snack drawer, small steady bites empty more than one big bite ever could.
Quick facts
What does GRAZE mean?
To feed on growing grass, or to scrape the skin lightly while brushing past something.
Is GRAZE a valid word?
Yes — GRAZE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is GRAZE?
GRAZE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does GRAZE come from?
From Old English 'grasian', derived from 'græs' (grass) — literally 'to feed on grass'; the 'scrape lightly' sense developed later, possibly by association.
What can GRAZE teach us?
Whether you nibble a meadow or a snack drawer, small steady bites empty more than one big bite ever could.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.