Grazing

Definition

graze 1 / greÇz / v ၁။ စားက်က္တြင္ ျမက္စားသည္။ cows grazing in the fields. ၂။ (က) ကြၽဲ၊ ႏြားမ်ားကို စားက်က္တြင္ လႊတ္ထားသည္။ farmers grazing their herds. (ခ) စားက်က္ေျမအျဖစ္ ထားသည္။ That field's being grazed this year. ❏ grazier / 'greÇziǝ(r) / n ႏြား၊ ကြၽဲ၊ ဆိတ္ စသည္ ေမြးသူ။ ❏ grazing n [U] ၁။ ကြၽဲႏြားစာျမက္။ The meadow provides good/ rich grazing for milk cows. ၂။ စားက်က္ေျမတြင္ လႊတ္ထားျခင္း။ herds led home after a day's grazing. ၃။ စားက်က္ေျမ စီမံမႈ။ payments to farmers to encourage less intensive grazing. graze 2 / greÇz / v ၁။ ~ sth (against/ on sth) ပြန္းေစသည္။ graze one's arm against/ on a rock ❍ I fell and grazed my knee. ၂။ ပြတ္သည္။ ရွပ္သည္။ Our car bumpers just grazed (ie touched each other) as we passed. ❍ The bullet grazed his cheek. n ပြန္းသည့္ဒဏ္ရာ။ have a graze on one's elbow.

Examples

1. The sheep were grazing peacefully.
2. Farmers can now graze their cattle on the mountain.
3. He fell off the swing and grazed his knee.
4. She let her fingers graze lightly against his skin.