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The French word for graze is
brouter





graze

French Definition


graze
     1. v. Paître.
           The sheep were put out to graze.
           Les moutons furent mis dehors à paître.
           The sheep grazed in the pasture.
           Les moutons paissaient dans les pâturages.
     2. v. Faire paître.
     3. v. Effleurer, raser.
           The other car grazed ours, but it only left some marks on our car.
           L'autre voiture effleura la nôtre, mais elle ne laissa que quelques marques sur notre voiture.

Translations for graze and their definitions

éraflure
     1. n-f. scratch


paître
     1. v. to graze


brouter ©
     1. v. to graze; to browse
     2. v. (slang) to perform cunnilingus


pâturer
     1. v. to graze; to pasture


effleurer
     1. v. to stroke gently, to touch lightly
     2. v. to brush over, to brush past
     3. v. (figuratively) to skim over (a subject)


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