What part of speech is grazed?

Grazed can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. grazed is a verb, past participle of graze (infinitive).
  • 2. grazed is a verb, past simple of graze (infinitive).
  • 3. grazed is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • grazed 
    more grazed
    most grazed
  • Positive: grazed 
  • Comparative: more grazed
  • Superlative: most grazed

What does grazed mean?

Definitions

Adjective

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

Verb

graze - scrape gently; "graze the skin"
graze - break the skin (of a body part) by scraping; "She was grazed by the stray bullet"
graze - let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
graze - feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing"
graze - eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing"

Examples of grazed

#   Sentence  
1. adj. His grazed and bleeding arm proved he had been in the line of fire.
2. verb Once, when I went to my friend Kawai's house, he fired a pistol. He thought it was not loaded and pointed it at my mouth, but it was and the bullet grazed my ear before hitting the closet.
3. verb The cows grazed in the pasture.
4. verb The spot commanded a fine view of the plains, with the herds and flocks that grazed upon them. The sea, also, and the passing ships were plainly visible, so that the prospect formed no small part of the beauty of the place.
5. verb The goats came and grazed near them, as if they also were desirous of partaking of the festival.
6. verb I was struck on the shoulder by a bullet, which shattered the bone and grazed the subclavian artery.
7. verb Red cows grazed in well-hedged fields where the lush grasses and more luxuriant vegetation spoke of a richer, if a damper climate.
8. verb So Pharao told what he had dreamed: Methought I stood upon the bank of the river, and seven kine came up out of the river, exceeding beautiful and full of flesh: and they grazed on green places in a marshy pasture.
9. verb The bullet grazed his skull.
10. verb The reindeer grazed peacefully.
11. verb The horses grazed peacefully in the valley.
12. verb The sheep grazed peacefully in the meadow.
13. verb Springboks grazed on the veldt.
14. verb Graze the skin.
15. verb Their sheep could graze, their cows could ruminate and never a discouraging word would be heard.
16. verb I have a graze here.
Sentence  
adj.
His grazed and bleeding arm proved he had been in the line of fire.
verb
Once, when I went to my friend Kawai's house, he fired a pistol. He thought it was not loaded and pointed it at my mouth, but it was and the bullet grazed my ear before hitting the closet.
The cows grazed in the pasture.
The spot commanded a fine view of the plains, with the herds and flocks that grazed upon them. The sea, also, and the passing ships were plainly visible, so that the prospect formed no small part of the beauty of the place.
The goats came and grazed near them, as if they also were desirous of partaking of the festival.
I was struck on the shoulder by a bullet, which shattered the bone and grazed the subclavian artery.
Red cows grazed in well-hedged fields where the lush grasses and more luxuriant vegetation spoke of a richer, if a damper climate.
So Pharao told what he had dreamed: Methought I stood upon the bank of the river, and seven kine came up out of the river, exceeding beautiful and full of flesh: and they grazed on green places in a marshy pasture.
The bullet grazed his skull.
The reindeer grazed peacefully.
The horses grazed peacefully in the valley.
The sheep grazed peacefully in the meadow.
Springboks grazed on the veldt.
Graze the skin.
Their sheep could graze, their cows could ruminate and never a discouraging word would be heard.
I have a graze here.

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