grazing

noun

graz·​ing ˈgrā-ziŋ How to pronounce grazing (audio)
Synonyms of grazingnext
: herbage or land for grazing

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Stylist Sal Salcedo knows just how to achieve a shaggy cut at any length, including this collarbone-grazing style with textured layers. Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2025 To get there, hikers walk a section of the Pacific Crest Trail that meanders leisurely under oak trees, along a creek and passes grazing cows. Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2025 And, ironically, the neck-grazing pixie cut has also proven to be the year’s most versatile. Essence, 18 Dec. 2025 Outside of Darfur, the RSF controls most the country’s oil fields, many of the goldfields in central and southwest Sudan, and splits control over important grazing lands with the SAF. Christopher Tounsel, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grazing

Word History

First Known Use

1517, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of grazing was in 1517

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“Grazing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grazing. Accessed 26 Dec. 2025.

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