grazes

Browses the pasture

Grazes covers two related ideas.

The first is feeding: cattle graze on grass, and people graze when they snack lightly throughout the day rather than eating full meals.

The second is light contact: a bullet that grazes your arm just barely touches it, and a graze is the superficial wound it leaves.

The sheep grazed in the meadow.

She grazed her knee on the pavement.

pasture

meadow

Grassy field for grazing

sheep · flock · herd · pastoral · bucolic · ranch · field · paddock · rangeland · prairie

feeding

fodder

Coarse livestock nourishment

grass · clover · alfalfa · ruminant · herbivore · browse · nibble · munch · crop · vegetation

abrasion

scrape

Rub harshly against

cut · laceration · chafe · friction · rub · knee · elbow · raw · sore · minor

touch

brush

Bristled cleaning tool

clip · skirt · nudge · barely · lightly · fleeting · passing · contact · near miss · whisper

healing

scab

Dried blood crust

ointment · Neosporin · disinfectant · clean · dressing · healing · recovery · scar · scarring · salve

Categories
Opposites
wound depth

grazesgashes

Deep, jagged incisions

gouges · lacerates · slashes · punctures · pierces

contact intensity

grazesslams

Forceful closings or criticisms

smashes · collides · strikes · impacts · pounds

feeding behavior

grazesstarves

Dies from hunger

fasts · devours · gorges · gobbles · wolfs down

Phrases
Family

graze, grazing, grazed, grazer, grazers, overgrazing, grazier, ungrazed

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G