Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grazing

/ˈɡɹeɪ.zɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.49 in modern English

Syllables: graz-ing
IPA: /ˈɡɹeɪ.zɪŋ/

18

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of graze

noun

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The action of animals eating, mainly of grass in a field or on other grassland.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The grazing is all parched and withered up, and it is wonderful how cattle get through the winter here as they do."
"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."
"Here were the MacKays' cattle coming steadily up the track from their daily grazings on the lochside driven by Glen."
"That story begins in rural Wyoming in 1963, when drifters Ennis and Jack are hired by a local rancher to herd sheep through grazing ground on the titular Brokeback Mountain."

Usage

Inflected Forms

grazings (plural)

Derived Forms

grazingly nongrazing macrograzing sungrazing

Phrases

Earth-grazing grazing occultation fly grazing goat grazing problem grazing fire semi-zero grazing

Synonyms

shaving skimming graze

Rhymes With

amazing raising praising blazing gazing glazing phrasing phasing hazing razing appraising lazing

Questions

How do you pronounce grazing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɹeɪ.zɪŋ/.
What does grazing mean?: present participle and gerund of graze

How to pronounce grazing

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