GRAZE, verb transitive [Latin rado, rasi, or rodo, rosi.] 1. To rub or touch lightly in passing; to brush lightly in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall or the earth. 2. To feed or supply cattle with grass; to furnish pasture for; as, the farmer grazes large herds of cattle. 3. To feed on; to eat from the ground, as growing herbage. The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead. 4. To tend grazing cattle; as, Jacob grazed Laban's sheep. GRAZE, verb intransitive To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze on the meadows. 1. To supply grass; as, the ground will not graze well. 2. To move on devouring.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI