grazed
(adjective) scraped or touched lightly in passing; “his grazed and bleeding arm proved he had been in the line of fire”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
grazed
simple past tense and past participle of graze
Source: Wiktionary
Graze, v. t. Etym: [imp. & p. p. Grazed (p. pr. & vb. n. Grazing.] Etym: [OE. grasen, AS. grasian, fr. grs grass. See Grass.]
1. To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for. A field or two to graze his cows. Swift.
2. To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse. The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead. Pope.
3. To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing. When Jacob grazed his uncle Laban's sheep. Shak.
4. To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall.
Graze, v. i.
1. To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze on the meadows.
2. To yield grass for grazing. The ground cortinueth the wet, whereby it will never graze to purpose. Bacon.
3. To touch something lightly in passing.
Graze, n.
1. The act of grazing; the cropping of grass. [Colloq.] Turning him out for a grace on the common. T. Hughes.
2. A light touch; a slight scratch.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
