Grazing
['greɪzɪŋ] or ['ɡrezɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Graze
(n.) The act of one who, or that which, grazes.
(n.) A pasture; growing grass.
Edited by Barrett
Examples
- The nag was grazing at some distance, not suspecting any harm. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The grazing of the primitive Aryan was far more important to him than his agriculture. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Those parts of Great Britain which border upon the Irish sea are all grazing countries. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The tribe, or the chief as the head of the tribe, owned the grazing lands; forest and rivers were the wild. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The horse went on grazing and was relieved now that the man did not bother him. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- His favourite horse was found grazing by the margin of the tranquil river. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Before their presence was known, they had driven off a large number of beef cattle that were grazing in that section. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Nomads without central grazing lands must disperse; nothing else is possible. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A sharp pebble flew by her, grazing forehead and cheek, and drawing a blinding sheet of light before her eyes. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The sun was just grazing the top of the oak. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The high lands are used for grazing purposes, and rich agricultural lands are found in many of the valleys. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- These clans and communities clashed; they took each other's grazing land, they sought to rob each other; there began a new thing in human life, _war_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Holmes followed him, and I, leaving the horse grazing beside the road, followed Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The halt was but momentary, for the noise resolved itself into the steady bites of two animals grazing. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- In fact, the keel of the vessel must have been grazing the surface of the ground at the time. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
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