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| Main Entry: |
graze
 [greyz] 
|
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch |
| Synonyms: | abrade, brush, carom, chafe, glance off, kiss*, ricochet, rub, scrape, scratch, shave, skim, skip |
| Antonyms: | manhandle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | browse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | look around; look through |
| Synonyms: | check over, dip into, examine cursorily, feed, flip through, get the cream, give the once over, glance at, graze, hit the high spots, inspect loosely, leaf through, nibble*, once over lightly, pass an eye over, peruse, read, read here and there, riff through, riffle through, run through, scan, skim, skip through, survey, thumb through wander |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | brush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch lightly |
| Synonyms: | caress, contact, flick, glance, graze, kiss, scrape, shave, skim, smooth, stroke, sweep, tickle |
Example Sentences
- But when salt marshes are stressed by drought, snails graze by the millions in a feeding frenzy that mows down the living plants.
- Ranchers who graze their cattle on public land should accept some losses in return.
- People sometimes allow their livestock to graze in the reserve itself, though it is illegal.
| Main Entry: | caress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch lovingly |
| Synonyms: | bear hug, brush, buss, clinch, clutch, coddle, cosset, cuddle, dandle, embrace, feel, fondle, graze, handle, hug, kiss, make love, massage, mug, neck, nestle, nuzzle, pat, pet, play around, rub, squeeze, stroke, toy |
| Main Entry: | chafe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rub, grind against |
| Synonyms: | abrade, bark, corrode, damage, erode, excoriate, gall, grate, graze, hurt, impair, inflame, irritate, peel, ruffle, scrape, scratch, skin, wear |
| Notes: | to chafe means to rub until sore or worn; to chaff means to tease good-naturedly |
| Main Entry: | claw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | using sharp nail |
| Synonyms: | break, dig, graze, hurt, itch, lacerate, mangle, maul, open, rip, scrabble, scrap, scrape, scratch, tear |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incision |
| Synonyms: | carving, chip, chop, cleavage, cleft, dissection, fissure, furrow, gash, graze, groove, intersection, kerf, laceration, mark, nick, nip, notch, opening, passage, penetration, pierce, prick, rabbet, rent, rip, scarification, sculpture, section, shave, slash, slit, slot, snip, stab, stroke, trench, trim, wound |
| Main Entry: | eat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consume food |
| Synonyms: | absorb, attack, banquet, bite, bolt*, break bread, breakfast, chew, chow down, cram, devour, digest, dine, dispatch, dispose of, fall to, feast upon, feed, gobble up, gorge, gormandize, graze*, have a bite, have a meal, have for, ingest, inhale*, lunch, make pig of oneself, masticate, munch, nibble, nosh, partake of, peck at, pick, pig out, polish off, pork out, put away, ruminate, scarf, scoff, snack, sup, swallow, take food, take in, take nourishment, wolf |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | farm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce crops, raise animals |
| Synonyms: | bring under cultivation, crop, cultivate, direct, dress, garden, graze, grow, harrow, harvest, homestead, husband, landscape, look after, operate, pasture, plant, plow, ranch, reap, run, seed, sow, subdue, superintend, tend, till, till the soil, work |
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