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as in to brush
to pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing
the volleyball just grazed my face, so I'm okay
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Recent Examples of graze
Rick Barrett, jsonline.com, 30 July 2025
Horses graze on nearby land as the smell of manure hangs in the air.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Aug. 2025
Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 28 June 2025
Officers also located a 38-year-old woman suffering from a graze wound to her leg.
—Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2025
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Verb
Where houses and barns once stood, and in pastures where cows grazed, bulldozers now have their run of the land.
—Rick Barrett, jsonline.com, 30 July 2025
Horses graze on nearby land as the smell of manure hangs in the air.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
Cops responding to a 911 call of shots fired near the corner of E. 95th St. and Lenox Road in East Flatbush found a 19-year-old man shot in the stomach and a 20-year-old suffering a graze wound to his left leg.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 28 June 2025
Officers also located a 38-year-old woman suffering from a graze wound to her leg.
—Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for graze
Noun
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In the social media video shared by Taryn, her son's arm can be seen covered in small, dark purple suction bruises, going from his wrist to his armpit.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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The third baseman is expected to continue his rehab assignment (bone bruise, knee) through the weekend then join the Dodgers in Los Angeles next week.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
2 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Also visible in the image is an abrasion patch, a 2-inch (5-centimeter) area of the Martian surface into which Perseverance drilled with its diamond-dust tipped grinder known as the Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT), capable of spinning at 3,000 revolutions per minute.—
Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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These issues can include: Corneal abrasions: Contact lenses or foreign objects can scratch or scrape the epithelium, the outer layer of your cornea.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Graze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graze. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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