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graze(2)(dictionary)
graze(dictionary)
graze 1, verb(dictionary)
graze 2, noun(dictionary)

graze (iou)



graze verb2. L16.

verb intrans. Touch lightly in passing, esp. so as to produce a slight abrasion. Formerly also, (of a bullet) ricochet. Usu. foll. by against, along, by, past, etc. L16.
H. Bascom Wharf timbers creak..as a tethered steamer grazes and pounds against them.
verb trans. Touch (a surface) lightly in passing; abrade (skin etc.) in rubbing past; suffer a slight abrasion of (a part of the body). E17.
M. Stott I was always falling over and grazing my knee. M. Ignatieff She leans over him, her hand grazing the back of his head.