graze
Feed on pasture
Graze has two distinct meanings.
One involves feeding: cattle graze on grass, moving across a field eating as they go.
By extension, people graze when they eat small amounts throughout the day rather than sitting down to meals: I grazed on snacks all afternoon.
The other graze means to scrape lightly in passing—a bullet grazes an arm, a car grazes a fence.
A graze is also the resulting scrape or abrasion: She cleaned the graze on her knee.
Survey without intent
- nibbleSmall, tentative bite
- forageSeek food actively
- pastureGrazing ground for livestock
- fodderCoarse livestock nourishment
hay · silage · alfalfa · oats · barley · clover · meadow · grassland
Light between-meal fare
taste · munch · bite · appetizer · tapas · mezze · antipasti · finger food
Rub harshly against
- abrasionShallow surface wound
- scratchSuperficial wound or mark
- skinned kneeAbraded joint from falling
- road rashScrape from sliding on pavement
friction burn · chafe · raw skin · scuff · laceration · carpet burn · strawberry · bandage
browse
Survey without intent
fodder · hay · silage · alfalfa · oats · barley · clover · meadow · grassland · paddock
snack
Light between-meal fare
sample · taste · munch · bite · appetizer · tapas · mezze · antipasti · finger food · hors d'oeuvres
scrape
Rub harshly against
- abrasionShallow surface wound
- scratchSuperficial wound or mark
- skinned kneeAbraded joint from falling
road rash · friction burn · chafe · raw skin · scuff · laceration · carpet burn · strawberry · bandage · antiseptic
brush
Bristled cleaning tool
nick · scrape · shave · kiss · nudge · sweep · skim · sideswipe · ricochet · deflect
- biology verbsgrow, divide, reproduce, evolve, mutate
- touchtouch, feel, touching, caress, feeling
- injuriesbruise, fracture, sprain, fractures, concussion
- affectionhug, kiss, care, cuddle, caress
- eating phrasesdig in, chow down, bon appetit, eat up, gobble up
- skin woundsabrasion, scrape, scratch, skinned knee, skin tear
- green grassEmerald-colored lawn covering
- grass stainsChlorophyll marks on fabric
- wet grassMoisture-covered lawn
- snake in the grassSecretly treacherous person
- blade of grassSingle turf leaf
- grass seedLawn planting material
grass, grazing, degrading, grazed, grazes, grazer, grazers, overgraze, overgrazing