Synonyms for graze
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 5 votes

1. graze

   Synonyms:
   shave, scrape, skim, abrade, shear

   Antonyms:
   strike, impinge, collide, encounter

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. grazenoun

   a superficial abrasion

   Synonyms:
   grazing

2. graze, grazingverb

   the act of grazing

   Synonyms:
   shaving, grazing, skimming

3. crop, browse, graze, range, pastureverb

   feed as in a meadow or pasture

   "the herd was grazing"

   Synonyms:
   rove, vagabond, crease, dress, rank, ramble, clip, range, run, surf, stray, rake, browse, place, roll, trim, array, cast, straddle, pasture, prune, wander, shop, grade, lay out, swan, tramp, crop, work, rate, cultivate, drift, cut back, snip, lop, order, roam, set out

4. grazeverb

   break the skin (of a body part) by scraping

   "She was grazed by the stray bullet"

   Synonyms:
   range, crease, pasture, browse, crop, rake

5. crop, graze, pastureverb

   let feed in a field or pasture or meadow

   Synonyms:
   crop, clip, snip, trim, pasture, cut back, prune, range, lop, cultivate, work, dress, crease, rake, browse

6. graze, crease, rakeverb

   scrape gently

   "graze the skin"

   Synonyms:
   pasture, crease, furrow, scan, ruckle, rumple, skim, browse, crisp, run down, crop, range, glance over, rake, wrinkle, scrunch, crinkle, scrunch up, crumple

7. browse, grazeverb

   eat lightly, try different dishes

   "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing"

   Synonyms:
   surf, pasture, crease, range, shop, rake, browse, crop

Matched Categories

1. • Abrasion
   • Injure
   • Nosh

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. grazeverb

   Synonyms:
   eat grass, feed upon grass

2. grazeverb

   Synonyms:
   feed with grass

3. grazeverb

   Synonyms:
   feed upon, eat grass from

4. grazeverb

   Synonyms:
   shave, scrape, skim, touch lightly (in passing over)

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "graze":

   scratch, scrape

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How to use graze in a sentence?

1. Rachel Zoe:

   I tend to really like dramatic jewelry like earrings that graze my shoulders and big cocktail rings, i typically have a stack of bracelets on each wrist that mean something special to me. I never take off my Cartier Juste Un Clou which is engraved with my son's initials and was a gift from my husband when Un Clou was born.

2. William Ja:

   Eat in moderation and graze over a longer period, rather than gorge over a short time.

3. Rachel Zoe:

   I tend to really like dramatic jewelry like earrings that graze my shoulders and big cocktail rings, i typically have a stack of bracelets on each wrist that mean something special to me. I never take off my Cartier Juste Un Clou which is engraved with my son's initials and was a gift from my husband when he was born.

4. Catharine MacKinnon:

   I've seen heads of companies get everyone together and actually say, 'We don't do this here. You don't come here to graze on the women'.

5. Jim Kenney:

   I had the opportunity to speak to the six officers, they're all in good spirits and obviously it was a very traumatic experience for them, i was talking to one of the officers who had the graze wound to the head and he had two little boys -- they looked like they were 9 or 10 years old, 8 or 9 years old -- and kept on thinking about how their lives would have changed with just a little more difference in space.