Synonyms for graze

Most common

range · pasture · crease · scrape · grass

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Noun

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.

2. v. 2

   To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)

   Cattle graze in the meadows.

3. v. 3

   To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.

4. n. 1

   The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.

Related words

Word family

grazeable

Forms

Plural

grazes → coulés…

Past participle

grazed
e.g. grazed → pastured, cropped, ranged, browsed…

Example sentences

• range Prices range from as low as $30 to as high as $50.
• pasture The camels were peacefully grazing in the pasture.
• crease Fold and unfold along each of the lines to make a crease.
• scrape I can barely scrape by on what I'm making now.
• grass The notice in the park said, "Keep off the grass."

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

rub¹

4 letters

skin¹, crop¹, rake¹, skim¹

5 letters

range¹, touch¹, grass¹, sweep¹, shave¹

6 letters

glance¹, browse¹, scrape¹, crease¹, abrade²

7 letters

pasture²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abrade² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

brouter

Deutsch

grasen