graze
The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passingThe act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.
» Cattle were grazing in the field.
Vieh weidete auf dem Feld. — samueldora
На поле пасся скот. — Wezel
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3 sensesThe act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.
Kratzen, Schrammen, Schaben
задева́ниеzadevánije
the act of grazing
A light abrasion; a slight scratch.
Kratzer, Schramme, Abschürfung
цара́пинаcarápina, сса́динаssádina
a superficial abrasion
The act of animals feeding from pasture.
Examples
123 sentencesCattle were grazing in the field.
ruНа поле пасся скот. — Wezel
deVieh weidete auf dem Feld. — samueldora
We saw cows grazing in the meadow.
deWir sahen Milchkühe auf der Weide Gras fressen. — xtofu80
Cows are grazing in the meadow.
Корови пасуться на лугу. — deniko
ruКоровы пасутся на лугу. — Smoky
Hope is the meadow on which fools graze.
Дурень думкою багатіє. — oromashka
deHoffnung ist die Wiese, auf der die Narren grasen. — Esperantostern
The cows grazed in the pasture.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English grasen (“to feed with grass”), from Old English grasian, froInherited from Middle English grasen (“to feed with grass”), from Old English grasian, from Proto-West Germanic *grasōn, from Proto-Germanic *grasōną, from *grasą (“grass”) + *-ōną (verbal suffix). Doublet of grass.
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