Past tense of graze
regular verb
The past tense of graze is grazed. The past participle is also grazed.
Forms of graze
| Base form (V1) | graze /ɡɹeɪz/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | grazed /ɡɹeɪzd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | grazed /ɡɹeɪzd/ |
| Present participle | grazing /ˈɡɹeɪ.zɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | grazes /ˈɡɹeɪzɪz/ |
Grazed in a sentence
- Although it is perfectly good meadowland, none of the villagers has ever grazed animals on the meadow on the other side of the wall.1999, Neil Gaiman, Stardust
- the bullet grazed the wall
- I've always grazed my animals on the common land and I'm not going to stop now.From the entry common land
- The bullet barely grazed the wild fowl's fly.From the entry fly
- The livestock were poisoned by what they grazed on.From the entry livestock
Meaning of graze
- noun The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.
- noun A light abrasion; a slight scratch.
- noun The act of animals feeding from pasture.
Questions about the past tense of graze
- What is the past tense of graze?
- The past tense of graze is grazed.
- What is the past participle of graze?
- The past participle of graze is grazed.
- Is graze a regular or irregular verb?
- Graze is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: graze (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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