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- pronunciation:
- greIz
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
grazes, grazing, grazed |
| definition 1: |
to touch or brush lightly in passing.
He grazed her arm as he ran past her.- synonyms:
- brush, sweep
- similar words:
- glance off, kiss, lick, nick, shave, touch
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| definition 2: |
to scrape or abrade (skin).
She fell in the playground and grazed her knee.- synonyms:
- abrade, scrape
- similar words:
- scratch, scuff, skin
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| related words: |
chafe, contact, gall, nick, scrape |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to touch, brush, or scrape something lightly in passing.
- synonyms:
- brush
- similar words:
- kiss, touch
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| related words: |
glance, rub, scrape |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a light touching, brushing, or scraping action.
He felt the graze of the cat against his leg.- similar words:
- abrasion, brush, touch
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| definition 2: |
a slight abrasion or scrape.
The wound was only a graze.- synonyms:
- abrasion, scrape
- similar words:
- scratch
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| related words: |
chafe, feel, gall, nick |
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| derivation: |
grazingly (adv.) |
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