grazing
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2.4
- noun
- /ˈɡreɪzɪŋ/
- One person studied the impacts of cattle grazing on public lands in eastern Washington.
- livestock grazing
- cattle grazing
- grazing animals
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Watch on YouTubeBut the the biggest problem with grazing is the amount of land that that it's using.
- But the the biggest problem with grazing is the amount of land that that it's using.
- And when you talk about deforestation, we're deforesting to clear land for grazing and raising crops for animal feed.
Examples
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Good grazing for the flocks, though we lack rain this year.
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After the rain, the fields are full of fresh grass, perfect for grazing livestock.
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But the the biggest problem with grazing is the amount of land that that it's using.
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...hoping to get access to that piece of magic grazing land.
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Oh, Peter, I help drive the horses to winter grazing every year.
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Good grazing land and a home place near running water and shade and green trees all around.
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People are destroying our forests to make land for grazing cattle.
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Lands set aside as a consequence of the CAP are important grazing areas (Figure 6).
Academic text (2011) -
And already the land around them was shorn and bare from the grazing of cattle and buffalo.
Fiction book (1990) -
To each side of the road stretched wide grazing lands and close-planted farmlands.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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1.0
Eating or giving food to people, animals, and plants
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7.0
Eating plants by animals, often causing damage to the plants
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The act of animals eating grass in a field
Compounds
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- Specialized
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4.4
23
2.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Grazing comes from grass and graze, and it literally suggests 'to eat grass', like sheep or cows feeding in a field. That's why 'grazing' means the act of animals eating grass or other low plants on a pasture.