graze

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• /ɡɹeɪz/
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• homophone: grays
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• homophone: greys
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• rhymes with -eɪz
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ghreh1-der. Proto-Germanic *grasą Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *grasōną Proto-West Germanic *grasōn Old English grasian Middle English grasen English graze Inherited 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.

316 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: докосване (dokosvane) — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• Bulgarian: закачане (zakačane) — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• Catalan: esgarrapada — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• Czech: škrábnutí — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• Finnish: naarmuttaminen — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• Finnish: raapaisu — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• Finnish: hipaisu — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• French: éraflure — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• German: Kratzen — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• German: Schrammen — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• German: Schaben — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• German: Schleifen — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• German: Schürfen — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• Greek: γρατζούνισμα (gratzoúnisma) — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• Greek: γδάρσιμο (gdársimo) — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• Hungarian: súrolás — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• Italian: sbucciatura — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• Macedonian: допи́рање (dopíranje) — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• Macedonian: гре́бење (grébenje) — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• Norwegian Bokmål: streife — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• Occitan: escarraunhadura — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• Occitan: escorgadura — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• Portuguese: arranhão — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• Portuguese: ralado — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• Portuguese: raspado — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• Russian: задева́ние (zadevánije) — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• Spanish: rasguño — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• Spanish: arañazo — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• Swedish: tuscha — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• Swedish: toucha — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• Turkish: sıyırma — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• Turkish: sıyırmak — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• Zazaki: gaz (diq) — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• Zazaki: sawen — act of grazing or scratching lightly
• Arabic: سَحَج (saḥaj) — light scratch
• Bulgarian: драскотина (draskotina) — light scratch
• Czech: škrábnutí — light scratch
• Czech: škrábanec — light scratch
• Finnish: naarmu — light scratch
• German: Kratzer — light scratch
• German: Schramme — light scratch
• German: Abschürfung — light scratch
• German: Schürfwunde — light scratch
• Greek: γρατζουνιά (gratzouniá) — light scratch
• Greek: αμυχή (amychí) — light scratch
• Hungarian: karcolás — light scratch
• Italian: escoriazione — light scratch
• Japanese: 擦り傷 (kasuri-kizu) — light scratch
• Macedonian: гребна́тинка (grebnátinka) — light scratch
• Mongolian: хөнгөн шарх (xöngön šarx) — light scratch
• Mongolian: ᠬᠥᠩᢉᠡᠨ ᠰᠢᠷᠬ᠎ᠠ — light scratch
• Portuguese: arranhão — light scratch
• Portuguese: ralado — light scratch
• Portuguese: raspado — light scratch
• Russian: цара́пина (carápina) — light scratch
• Russian: сса́дина (ssádina) — light scratch
• Spanish: rasguño — light scratch
• Turkish: sıyrık — light scratch
• Zazaki: qırsık — light scratch
• Afrikaans: laat wei — to feed or supply with grass
• Albanian: kullos — to feed or supply with grass
• Arabic: رَعَى (raʕā) — to feed or supply with grass
• Armenian: արածեցնել (aracecʻnel) — to feed or supply with grass
• Aromanian: pascu — to feed or supply with grass
• Aromanian: pãshunedz — to feed or supply with grass
• Belarusian: па́свіць (pásvicʹ) — to feed or supply with grass
• Bulgarian: паса́ (pasá) — to feed or supply with grass
• Catalan: péixer — to feed or supply with grass
• Cebuano: sabsab — to feed or supply with grass
• Cebuano: sibsib — to feed or supply with grass
• Chinese Mandarin: 放牧 (fàngmù) — to feed or supply with grass
• Czech: pást — to feed or supply with grass
• Finnish: ruokkia — to feed or supply with grass
• French: faire paître — to feed or supply with grass
• Friulian: passonâ — to feed or supply with grass
• German: grasen lassen — to feed or supply with grass
• German: weiden lassen — to feed or supply with grass
• German: beweiden — to feed or supply with grass
• Greek: βόσκω (vósko) — to feed or supply with grass
• Hungarian: legeltet — to feed or supply with grass
• Irish: cuir ar féarach — to feed or supply with grass
• Italian: pascolare — to feed or supply with grass
• Japanese: 放牧する (hōboku suru) — to feed or supply with grass
• Korean: 방목하다 (bangmokhada) — to feed or supply with grass
• Macedonian: пасе (pase) — to feed or supply with grass
• Malayalam: മേയ്ക്കുക (mēykkuka) — to feed or supply with grass
• Māori: whāngai karaehe — to feed or supply with grass
• Eastern Mari: авалташ (avaltaš) — to feed or supply with grass
• Mongolian: бэлчээх (belčeex) — to feed or supply with grass
• Mongolian: ᠪᠡᠯᠴᠢᠭᠡᠬᠦ (belčigekü) — to feed or supply with grass
• Nepali: चराउनु (carāunu) — to feed or supply with grass
• Occitan: apasturar — to feed or supply with grass
• Occitan: apasturgar — to feed or supply with grass
• Church Slavic: пасти (pasti) — to feed or supply with grass
• Oromo: dheeduu — to feed or supply with grass
• Polish: paść — to feed or supply with grass
• Portuguese: dar de pastar — to feed or supply with grass
• Quechua: michiy — to feed or supply with grass
• Romanian: paște — to feed or supply with grass
• Romanian: pășuna — to feed or supply with grass
• Russian: пасти́ (pastí) — to feed or supply with grass
• Serbo-Croatian: па̑сти — to feed or supply with grass
• Serbo-Croatian: pȃsti — to feed or supply with grass
• Slovak: pásť — to feed or supply with grass
• Slovene: pasti — to feed or supply with grass
• Spanish: apacentar — to feed or supply with grass
• Spanish: apastar — to feed or supply with grass
• Spanish: pacer — to feed or supply with grass
• Spanish: pastar — to feed or supply with grass
• Spanish: pastear — to feed or supply with grass
• Spanish: pastorear — to feed or supply with grass
• Tamil: மேய் (mēy) — to feed or supply with grass
• Thai: เลี้ยง (líiang) — to feed or supply with grass
• Turkish: otlatmak — to feed or supply with grass
• Turkish: otarmak — to feed or supply with grass
• Ottoman Turkish: چایرلامق (çayırlamak) — to feed or supply with grass
• Ukrainian: па́сти (pásty) — to feed or supply with grass
• Vietnamese: chăn — to feed or supply with grass
• Walloon: afôrer — to feed or supply with grass
• Walloon: sognî — to feed or supply with grass
• Welsh: pori — to feed or supply with grass
• Welsh: porfelu — to feed or supply with grass
• Yiddish: פּאַשען (pashen) — to feed or supply with grass
• Zazaki: çaraynen — to feed or supply with grass
• Afrikaans: wei — to eat grass from a pasture
• Albanian: kullos — to eat grass from a pasture
• Arabic: اِرْتَعَى (irtaʕā) — to eat grass from a pasture
• Arabic: سْرح (srəḥ) — to eat grass from a pasture
• Armenian: արածել (aracel) — to eat grass from a pasture
• Aromanian: pascu — to eat grass from a pasture
• Asturian: pacer — to eat grass from a pasture
• Azerbaijani: otlamaq — to eat grass from a pasture
• Belarusian: па́свіцца (pásvicca) — to eat grass from a pasture
• Bulgarian: паса́ (pasá) — to eat grass from a pasture
• Catalan: pasturar — to eat grass from a pasture
• Catalan: péixer — to eat grass from a pasture
• Cebuano: sabsab — to eat grass from a pasture
• Cebuano: sibsib — to eat grass from a pasture
• Chinese Mandarin: 吃草 (chīcǎo) — to eat grass from a pasture
• Ngazidja Comorian: hula — to eat grass from a pasture
• Czech: pást se — to eat grass from a pasture
• Dalmatian: puoscro — to eat grass from a pasture
• Danish: græsse — to eat grass from a pasture
• Dutch: grazen — to eat grass from a pasture
• Dutch: begrazen — to eat grass from a pasture
• Esperanto: paŝtiĝi — to eat grass from a pasture
• Finnish: laiduntaa — to eat grass from a pasture
• French: brouter — to eat grass from a pasture
• French: paître — to eat grass from a pasture
• French: pâturer — to eat grass from a pasture
• Friulian: passonâ — to eat grass from a pasture
• Friulian: passi — to eat grass from a pasture
• Galician: pastar — to eat grass from a pasture
• Galician: pacer — to eat grass from a pasture
• Georgian: ძოვა (ʒova) — to eat grass from a pasture
• Georgian: ძოვს (ʒovs) — to eat grass from a pasture
• German: weiden — to eat grass from a pasture
• German: grasen — to eat grass from a pasture
• German: etze — to eat grass from a pasture
• Greek: βόσκω (vósko) — to eat grass from a pasture
• Hebrew: ללחכך — to eat grass from a pasture
• Hindi: चरना (carnā) — to eat grass from a pasture
• Hungarian: legel — to eat grass from a pasture
• Icelandic: bíta gras — to eat grass from a pasture
• Irish: bí ar féarach — to eat grass from a pasture
• Irish: bí ag innilt — to eat grass from a pasture
• Irish: bí ag iníor — to eat grass from a pasture
• Italian: pascere — to eat grass from a pasture
• Italian: pascolare — to eat grass from a pasture
• Italian: brucare — to eat grass from a pasture
• Japanese: 草をはむ (kusa o hamu) — to eat grass from a pasture
• Korean: 풀을 뜯다 (pureul tteutda) — to eat grass from a pasture
• Korean: 뜯어먹다 (tteudeomeokda) — to eat grass from a pasture
• Latin: pābulor — to eat grass from a pasture
• Latin: pasco — to eat grass from a pasture
• Luxembourgish: weeden — to eat grass from a pasture
• Macedonian: пасе (pase) — to eat grass from a pasture
• Malayalam: മേയുക (mēyuka) — to eat grass from a pasture
• Māori: kai karaehe — to eat grass from a pasture
• Māori: tītongi — to eat grass from a pasture
• Māori: tītongitongi — to eat grass from a pasture
• Eastern Mari: авалташ (avaltaš) — to eat grass from a pasture
• Mongolian: бэлчих (belčix) — to eat grass from a pasture
• Mongolian: ᠪᠡᠯᠴᠢᠬᠦ (belčikü) — to eat grass from a pasture
• Nepali: चर्नु (carnu) — to eat grass from a pasture
• Norman: paître — to eat grass from a pasture
• Norwegian: beite — to eat grass from a pasture
• Norwegian: gresse — to eat grass from a pasture
• Norwegian: gå på gress — to eat grass from a pasture
• Portuguese: pastar — to eat grass from a pasture
• Romanian: paște — to eat grass from a pasture
• Romanian: păstori — to eat grass from a pasture
• Russian: пасти́сь (pastísʹ) — to eat grass from a pasture
• Sardinian: paschere — to eat grass from a pasture
• Slovak: pásť sa — to eat grass from a pasture
• Spanish: apacentarse — to eat grass from a pasture
• Spanish: campear — to eat grass from a pasture
• Spanish: pacer — to eat grass from a pasture
• Spanish: pastar — to eat grass from a pasture
• Spanish: pastear — to eat grass from a pasture
• Swedish: beta — to eat grass from a pasture
• Tamil: மேய் (mēy) — to eat grass from a pasture
• Turkish: otlamak — to eat grass from a pasture
• Turkish: çayırlamak — to eat grass from a pasture
• Ukrainian: па́стися (pástysja) — to eat grass from a pasture
• Unami: ntiasi — to eat grass from a pasture
• Walloon: paxhe — to eat grass from a pasture
• Walloon: broster — to eat grass from a pasture
• Walloon: tchampyî — to eat grass from a pasture
• Walloon: waidyî — to eat grass from a pasture
• Welsh: pori — to eat grass from a pasture
• Yiddish: פּאַשען (pashen) — to eat grass from a pasture
• Zazaki: çeren — to eat grass from a pasture
• Zazaki: çaran — to eat grass from a pasture
• Aromanian: pascu — to tend cattle while grazing
• Aromanian: pãshunedz — to tend cattle while grazing
• Azerbaijani: otarmaq — to tend cattle while grazing
• Azerbaijani: güdmək — to tend cattle while grazing
• Bulgarian: паса́ (pasá) — to tend cattle while grazing
• Ngazidja Comorian: ulisa — to tend cattle while grazing
• Dutch: hoeden — to tend cattle while grazing
• Esperanto: paŝti — to tend cattle while grazing
• Finnish: paimentaa — to tend cattle while grazing
• French: faire paître — to tend cattle while grazing
• French: paître — to tend cattle while grazing
• Friulian: passi — to tend cattle while grazing
• Friulian: passonâ — to tend cattle while grazing
• German: hüten — to tend cattle while grazing
• German: grasen lassen — to tend cattle while grazing
• German: weiden lassen — to tend cattle while grazing
• Greek: βόσκω (vósko) — to tend cattle while grazing
• Hindi: चराना (carānā) — to tend cattle while grazing
• Italian: pascere — to tend cattle while grazing
• Macedonian: напасува (napasuva) — to tend cattle while grazing
• Macedonian: пасе (pase) — to tend cattle while grazing
• Romanian: paște — to tend cattle while grazing
• Romanian: pășuna — to tend cattle while grazing
• Russian: пасти́ (pastí) — to tend cattle while grazing
• Turkish: otlatmak — to tend cattle while grazing
• Turkish: otarmak — to tend cattle while grazing
• Yiddish: פּאַשען (pashen) — to tend cattle while grazing
• Zazaki: erobiyayen — to tend cattle while grazing
• Zazaki: qot kuwen — to tend cattle while grazing
• French: grignoter — to eat small amounts of food periodically throughout the day
• Spanish: picar — to eat small amounts of food periodically throughout the day
• Spanish: picotear — to eat small amounts of food periodically throughout the day
• Bulgarian: зака́чам (zakáčam) — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Bulgarian: закача́ (zakačá) — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Bulgarian: одра́сквам (odráskvam) — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Bulgarian: одра́скам (odráskam) — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Czech: škrábnout — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Dutch: schampen — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Finnish: hipaista — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Finnish: hipoa — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Finnish: naarmuttaa — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Finnish: raapaista — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Finnish: sivuta — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• French: raser — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• French: effleurer — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• French: frôler — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• German: touchieren — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• German: streifen — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• German: ankratzen — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• German: schrammen — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Hungarian: súrol — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Irish: scinn — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Italian: sfiorare — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Italian: lambire — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Italian: rasentare — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Italian: radere — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Māori: hani — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Māori: hārau — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Māori: honi — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Māori: honihoni — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Māori: karipi — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Māori: miri — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Māori: ripi — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Māori: wani — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Portuguese: arranhar — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Portuguese: raspar — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Portuguese: ralar — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Russian: цара́пать (carápatʹ) — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Spanish: excoriar — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Turkish: sıyırmak — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Ottoman Turkish: یالامق (yalamak) — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Zazaki: gaz kerden — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Zazaki: sera werden — to rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing
• Bulgarian: ожу́лвам (ožúlvam) — to cause a slight wound to
• Bulgarian: ожу́ля (ožúlja) — to cause a slight wound to
• Bulgarian: нади́рам (nadíram) — to cause a slight wound to
• Bulgarian: надера́ (naderá) — to cause a slight wound to
• Catalan: esgarrapar — to cause a slight wound to
• Czech: škrábnout — to cause a slight wound to
• Finnish: raapaista — to cause a slight wound to
• Finnish: naarmuttaa — to cause a slight wound to
• French: érafler — to cause a slight wound to
• French: écorcher — to cause a slight wound to
• German: abschürfen — to cause a slight wound to
• German: schürfen — to cause a slight wound to
• German: ankratzen — to cause a slight wound to
• Greek: γδέρνω (gdérno) — to cause a slight wound to
• Hungarian: karcol — to cause a slight wound to
• Hungarian: horzsol — to cause a slight wound to
• Italian: sbucciare — to cause a slight wound to
• Italian: spellare — to cause a slight wound to
• Italian: scorticare — to cause a slight wound to
• Italian: escoriare — to cause a slight wound to
• Portuguese: arranhar — to cause a slight wound to
• Portuguese: ralar — to cause a slight wound to
• Russian: поцара́пать (pocarápatʹ) — to cause a slight wound to
• Russian: содра́ть (sodrátʹ) — to cause a slight wound to
• Russian: ссади́ть (ssadítʹ) — to cause a slight wound to
• Turkish: sıyırmak — to cause a slight wound to
• Zazaki: gaz kerden — to cause a slight wound to
• Zazaki: nequr kerden — to cause a slight wound to
• Zazaki: cı perayen — to cause a slight wound to