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

Changes in feeding, movement, and fear can spread through ecosystems, affecting grazing patterns, predator-prey relationships, and broader ecological stability.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026

"It was unreal," he said, adding that while ponies grazing on the mountain had escaped, he feared for a neighbour's pigs as flames swept through surrounding land.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

I was to look near the grazing pasture at the old Cybulskis place.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

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

From New York Times ● May 2, 2015

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)

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

From The Forfeit by Cullum, Ridgwell