grazing

American  

[grey-zing] / ˈgreɪ zɪŋ /

noun

grazings plural

1. pastureland; a pasture.

2. Informal. the act or practice of switching television channels frequently to watch several programs.

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grazing British  

/ ˈɡreɪzɪŋ /

noun

1. the vegetation on pastures that is available for livestock to feed upon

2. the land on which this is growing

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• grazings
  plural

Etymology

Origin of grazing

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at graze ¹, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

grazing grazings

These cleared spaces can provide appealing grazing areas for smaller animals.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026

But urbanisation, changing land use and the abandonment of grazing and other traditional farming practises, appear to have significantly reduced available food sources, the wildlife groups noted.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

Amid the frenzy, there were postgame reports that Matanovic felt a grazing of his hair, meaning he may turn up at the next Cup with a dome shaved to look like peak Telly Savalas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

Those include pile burn and goat grazing projects in the Santa Monica Mountains and San Gabriel Valley.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

The pasture was coated with frost, but the cows were out there, grazing on the last few tufts of fresh grass.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

Livestock are moved from one paddock to another, allowing pastures rest between grazings.

From New York Times ● May 2, 2015

Instead, the thin sheep of the clansmen, each with its owner's brand to identify it, wander forth to the common grazings, glad that the bloom of living is on Nature again.

From The Black Colonel by Milne, James

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 Cornish, C. J. (Charles John)

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 M'Combie, William

Having secured this privilege, he posted himself fifteen or twenty miles to the southwest of Tegua, behind a butte which was extensive enough to conceal his wild cavalry, even in its grazings.

From Overland by De Forest, J. W. (John William)