graze
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3.4
- noun
- /ɡreɪz/
:
raspón
- The doctor examined the child's graze and assured her it was minor.
- suffer a graze
- just a graze
- graze wound
Examples
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It was just a graze.
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Oh, yeah, it's just a little graze.
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I mean, it's just a graze, but come on, look at that.
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I took him to the hospital last night and the doctor said it was only a graze.
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A graze from the bullet, that's all.
Fiction book (1993) -
Now, Slick, come on now, there's just a little graze on your leg.
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It's just a graze.
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It's a graze.
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Caught in the spray of bullets, she sustained graze wounds to her face but was able to walk to a nearby EMS vehicle, which transported her to an area hospital.
Blog text (1) -
After falling off his bike, he noticed a painful graze on his knee.
Synonyms
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1.6
A thin shallow mark on skin or a surface made by something sharp
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4.8
An area of skin rubbed off by scraping
1
8.8
A small light mark made when something rubs a surface like skin or wood
How Severe
Surface Forms
Etymology
Graze as a small wound comes from the verb that meant 'to rub or touch lightly', so a graze is simply a place where your skin was rubbed off a little.