v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Grazed p. pr. & vb. n. Grazing. ] [ OE. grasen, AS. grasian, fr. græs grass. See Grass. ] 1. To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for. [ 1913 Webster ]

A field or two to graze his cows. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse. [ 1913 Webster ]

The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing. [ 1913 Webster ]

When Jacob grazed his uncle Laban's sheep. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze on the meadows. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To yield grass for grazing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ground continueth the wet, whereby it will never graze to purpose. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To touch something lightly in passing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of grazing; the cropping of grass. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Turning him out for a graze on the common. T. Hughes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A light touch; a slight scratch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One that grazes; a creature which feeds on growing grass or herbage. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cackling goose,
Close grazer, finds wherewith to ease her want. J. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who pastures cattle, and rears them for market. [ 1913 Webster ]

The inhabitants be rather . . . graziers than plowmen. Stow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, grazes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A pasture; growing grass. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖adv. [ It., adj. See Gracious. ] (Mus.) Gracefully; smoothly; elegantly. [ 1913 Webster ]