grazing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹeɪ.zɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪzɪŋ

Verb

grazing

1. present participle and gerund of graze

Derived terms

• Earth-grazing
• grazing occultation

Noun

grazing (countable and uncountable, plural grazings)

1. Grazeland.
   • 1901 June 7, “District Reports”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record‎^[1], volume 4, number 7, page 196:

     The grazing is all parched and withered up, and it is wonderful how cattle get through the winter here as they do.

   • 2001, Sally Jeanrenaud, Communities and Forest Management in Western Europe:

     There are about one thousand common grazings across the Highlands and Islands. Typically 15-20 crofters share in an area of common grazings, on average 400-500 hectares, which is usually hill-land, unsuitable for cultivation.

2. (countable, uncountable) The action of animals eating, mainly of grass in a field or on other grassland.
   • 2011, Iain R. Thomson, Isolation Shepherd:

     Here were the MacKays' cattle coming steadily up the track from their daily grazings on the lochside driven by Glen.

Derived terms

• fly grazing
• goat grazing problem
• grazing fire
• semi-zero grazing