graze
noun/ɡreɪz/
/ɡreɪz/
- a small injury where the surface of the skin has been slightly broken by rubbing against something
- Adam walked away from the crash with just cuts and grazes.
Extra Examples- I've got a graze on my leg.
- She suffered only minor grazes in the crash.
- Paul had a graze on his knee from where he had fallen over on the concrete.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- minor
- slight
- small
- …
- have
- suffer
- graze on
- be just a graze
- cuts and grazes
Word Originnoun late 16th cent.: perhaps a specific use of graze ‘eat grass in a field’.Definitions on the go
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