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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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
The National Trust, which owns the land, was "reviewing" the number of animals grazing the land to ensure visitor safety, animal welfare and the area's ecological health.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Harford-Fox said the introduction of the goats followed well established conservation principles around mixed animal grazing.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
His great-grandfather moved to the village and used a patch of land in the nearby peninsula for grazing, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
He touched my cheek, his fingers grazing my skin, and I gasped.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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 James Milne
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
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
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 J. W. (John William) De Forest
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