grazed
Fed on pasture
Grazed is the past tense of graze, which has two distinct meanings.
One graze describes animals feeding on growing grass or vegetation: The cattle grazed in the meadow all afternoon.
The other graze means to scrape or touch lightly in passing: The bullet grazed his shoulder.
A grazed knee is one that has been scraped, typically from a fall.
Both uses share a sense of light, surface-level contact.
Small, tentative bite
- browseSurvey without intent
- forageSeek food actively
- munchTo gnaw steadily
- pastureGrazing ground for livestock
feed · chew · ruminate · crop · fodder · vegetation · meadow · grassland
Rub harshly against
- abrasionShallow surface wound
- scratchSuperficial wound or mark
- nickShallow surface cut
- cutSeverance or reduction
skin · knee · elbow · bruise · scar · superficial · minor · shallow
nibble
Small, tentative bite
pasture · feed · chew · ruminate · crop · fodder · vegetation · meadow · grassland · paddock
scrape
Rub harshly against
cut · skin · knee · elbow · bruise · scar · superficial · minor · shallow · sting
brush
Bristled cleaning tool
nick · miss · bullet · shrapnel · projectile · near-miss · ricochet · deflect · sideswipe · whiz
skim
Pass over lightly
- pasture grazingLivestock feeding on meadowland
- grazing landsAreas for animal feeding
- grazing animalsLivestock feeding on pasture
- cattle grazingLivestock feeding on pasture
- grazing cattleHerd feeding on grassland
- grazing rightsPermission to pasture livestock
graze, grazing, grazes, grazer, grazers, overgrazing, ungrazed, overgrazed, overgrazes