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graze

Definition for graze

verb as in touch

Strongest matches

ricochet, rub, scrape, scratch, skim, skip

Strong matches

abrade, brush, carom, chafe, kiss, shave

Weak match

glance off

verb as in feed on

Strongest matches

bite, browse, eat, forage, nibble

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Example Sentences

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Doncic was three for 12, including shots so off course that they barely grazed the rim.

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Extinct animals lounge and graze on people’s leftover food.

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With their thick coats, curved tusks, and towering size, they grazed the vast steppes that stretched across the northern hemisphere.

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A programme of rat eradication began in 2017 and winter grazing has now been implemented to keep vegetation low, so predator cover is reduced.

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Cows living near the Chernobyl plant had grazed on grass covered in iodine 131.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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