grazing

American  

[gray-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

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Etymology

Origin of grazing

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

grazing grazings

These systems appear to result from lower-energy collisions, including grazing impacts between Moon-sized objects.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Based on his observations thus far, Spasojevic believes the burros could play an important role in the local ecosystem by grazing on non-native grasses and preventing them from overtaking native plants.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Booming deer populations in The Broads are becoming a growing issue as the animals can cause damage to the environment through grazing.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Forest Service trailhead, and in summer you can see bison grazing near Spanish Creek, along with whitetail deer and occasionally a black bear or moose.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The Indigenous peoples who lived on the Great Plains also used fire to extend those vast grasslands to make more grazing lands for buffalo herds.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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

From New York Times ● May 2, 2015

Already the pastures were crowded with stock brought in from distant valleys and grazings.

From The Forfeit by Ridgwell Cullum

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

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

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