grazing

noun graz·ing \ ˈgrā-ziŋ \

|Updated on: 20 Jun 2018

Definition of grazing

: herbage or land for grazing

Recent Examples of grazing from the Web

The gambit failed, but the beavers' destruction, combined with unchecked cattle grazing, left an enduring legacy.

— ben goldfarb, Science | AAAS, "Beaver dams without beavers? Artificial logjams are a popular but controversial restoration tool," 7 June 2018
But most of those headlines portrayed the Bundys as straight-up lunatics who called on a militia to fight the BLM over unpaid cattle grazing fees and a belief that the government should not own public lands.

— the editors, Outside Online, "What We Read, Watched, and Listened to in May," 1 June 2018
Number 2: At that time, Bundy owed the federal government at least $1 million in grazing fees.

— leah sottile, Longreads, "Bundyville Chapter One: A War in the Desert," 15 May 2018
The thigh-grazing slits we're used to seeing look like child's play compared to this Atelier Versace gown Shayk was sporting.

— chrissy rutherford, Harper's BAZAAR, "Irina Shayk Heats Up Cannes in Hip-Baring Versace," 10 May 2018
In January, a federal judge threw out all the criminal charges against renegade Nevada cattleman Cliven Bundy, his two sons and a supporter who had been in an armed standoff over unpaid grazing fees.

— eric lichtblau, Time, "The FBI Is in Crisis. It's Worse Than You Think," 3 May 2018
Makeup artist Hung Vanngo took to Instagram late last night, April 28, to share a photo series of Selena rocking a chin-length bob with eyebrow-grazing bangs.

— de elizabeth, Teen Vogue, "Selena Gomez Debuts a Short Bob With Bangs on Instagram," 29 Apr. 2018
Because there's somebody else besides Eddie ready to welcome Grace back—the one who's been getting into people's heads lately, causing them to do awful things like gut 16 grazing sheep.

— tony adler, Chicago Reader, "Ike Holter’s latest, The Light Fantastic, is darkly playful," 23 May 2018
For generations, the Muslim Bakarwals have traveled between summer pastures in the Himalayas and winter grazing grounds in the lowland plains, herding their goats, sheep and horses.

— Washington Post, "Kashmir nomads wonder what place they have in today’s India," 17 May 2018

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