What is "grazed"

Graze \Graze\ (gr[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grazed (gr[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Grazing.] [OE. grasen, AS. grasian, fr. gr[ae]s 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.

vb. (en-past of: graze)

adj. scraped or touched lightly in passing; "his grazed and bleeding arm proved he had been in the line of fire"