Antonyms for graze
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 5 votes

1. graze

   Antonyms:
   strike, impinge, collide, encounter

   Synonyms:
   shave, scrape, skim, abrade, shear

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1. • Abrasion
   • Injure
   • Nosh

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. grazenoun

   a superficial abrasion

   Synonyms:
   grazing

2. graze, grazingverb

   the act of grazing

   Synonyms:
   shaving, grazing, skimming

3. crop, browse, graze, range, pastureverb

   feed as in a meadow or pasture

   "the herd was grazing"

   Synonyms:
   rove, vagabond, crease, dress, rank, ramble, clip, range, run, surf, stray, rake, browse, place, roll, trim, array, cast, straddle, pasture, prune, wander, shop, grade, lay out, swan, tramp, crop, work, rate, cultivate, drift, cut back, snip, lop, order, roam, set out

4. grazeverb

   break the skin (of a body part) by scraping

   "She was grazed by the stray bullet"

   Synonyms:
   range, crease, pasture, browse, crop, rake

5. crop, graze, pastureverb

   let feed in a field or pasture or meadow

   Synonyms:
   crop, clip, snip, trim, pasture, cut back, prune, range, lop, cultivate, work, dress, crease, rake, browse

6. graze, crease, rakeverb

   scrape gently

   "graze the skin"

   Synonyms:
   pasture, crease, furrow, scan, ruckle, rumple, skim, browse, crisp, run down, crop, range, glance over, rake, wrinkle, scrunch, crinkle, scrunch up, crumple

7. browse, grazeverb

   eat lightly, try different dishes

   "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing"

   Synonyms:
   surf, pasture, crease, range, shop, rake, browse, crop

How to use graze in a sentence?

1. Rachel Zoe:

   I tend to really like dramatic jewelry like earrings that graze my shoulders and big cocktail rings, i typically have a stack of bracelets on each wrist that mean something special to me. I never take off my Cartier Juste Un Clou which is engraved with my son's initials and was a gift from my husband when Un Clou was born.

2. Shane Lewis:

   You can rustle a chip packet and they know what’s in there, that makes them aggressive. Greg Piper said when Greg Piper visited the site, Greg Piper saw tourists holding out apples, bananas, corn chips and other processed foods to the wild animals, The Guardian reported. Kangaroos typically graze on grasses. A nutritionist for a zoo in Australia said disrupting a kangaroo's diet can result in aggression and health problems. ( Facebook/Kroosn Shuttle Service Pty Ltd) Disrupting the kangaroo’s natural diet can cause health problems, such as stomach ulcers, and cause aggression, according to the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection.

3. Rachel Zoe:

   I tend to really like dramatic jewelry like earrings that graze my shoulders and big cocktail rings, i typically have a stack of bracelets on each wrist that mean something special to me. I never take off my Cartier Juste Un Clou which is engraved with my son's initials and was a gift from my husband when he was born.

4. Catharine MacKinnon:

   I've seen heads of companies get everyone together and actually say, 'We don't do this here. You don't come here to graze on the women'.

5. William Ja:

   Eat in moderation and graze over a longer period, rather than gorge over a short time.

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