grazing
Americannoun
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grazings
plural
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pastureland; a pasture.
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Informal. the act or practice of switching television channels frequently to watch several programs.
noun
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the vegetation on pastures that is available for livestock to feed upon
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the land on which this is growing
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of grazing
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at graze 1, -ing 1
Example Sentences
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One of the most memorable photographs on view was taken by Jeanne-Claude, printed large and picturing a wide expanse of landscape, with cows grazing near the fence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The pines would also enrich landowners and the Bordeaux bourgeoisie: The hardscrabble culture of sheep grazing gave way to a booming industry of wood, paper and resin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Last year it said the number of horses needs to be reduced in line with the grazing limit.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
In the village of Budry, cows and horses grazing in the rolling fields give little hint of the heavily militarised Kaliningrad exclave next door.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Wolf glanced up at Torak, his amber eyes grazing the boy’s.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Livestock are moved from one paddock to another, allowing pastures rest between grazings.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2015
The milch cows were fed below, except during the time the farmer's family removed to the distant grazings called sheilings.
From Folklore as an Historical Science by George Laurence Gomme
Already the pastures were crowded with stock brought in from distant valleys and grazings.
From The Forfeit by Ridgwell Cullum
He rented large grazings in Dumfriesshire, where he wintered and grazed the Highlanders, and which, I believe, his relatives still retain.
From Cattle and Cattle-breeders by William M'Combie
Those having the ditch on the outer side are always the earlier, the ditch being the defence against the cattle that strayed on the unenclosed common or grazings outside.
From The Naturalist on the Thames by C. J. (Charles John) Cornish
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