Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - graze

1. v. 1 intr. (of cattle, sheep, etc.) eat growing grass. 2 tr. a feed (cattle etc.) on growing grass. b feed on (grass). 3 intr. pasture cattle. Derivatives grazer n. Etymology: OE grasian f. gr{aelig}s GRASS 2. v. & n. --v. 1 tr. rub or scrape (a part of the body, esp. the skin) so as to break the surface without causing bleeding. 2 a tr. touch lightly in passing. b intr. (foll. by against, along, etc.) move with a light passing contact. --n. an act or instance of grazing. Etymology: perh. a specific use of GRAZE(1), as if 'take off the grass close to the ground' (of a shot etc.)