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Antonyms for Grazing

Part of Speech: Noun

Sense: Feeding on grass in pastures or meadows

Description: The antonyms for grazing in the sense of feeding on grass in pastures or meadows refer to activities or behaviors that are contrary to grazing.

Examples:

• The animals' antonyms for grazing include hunting, swimming, and sleeping.
• While the cattle were peacefully grazing, the birds soared high above, engaged in their antonyms for grazing.

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Part of Speech: Verb

Sense: Feeding on grass by animals

Description: The antonyms for grazing as a verb indicate actions opposite to feeding on grass by animals.

Examples:

• Instead of grazing, the animals in the farm were kept indoors and fed with hay.
• The antonyms for grazing for these herbivores involve scavenging from tree leaves instead of grass.

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Part of Speech: Present Participle

Sense: Merely brushing against or touching lightly while passing

Description: The antonyms for grazing as a present participle imply actions that go against the notion of brushing against or touching lightly while passing.

Examples:

• The antonyms for grazing pedestrians may include bumping, colliding, or pushing.
• His movement was characterized by purposeful strides, completely antonymous to grazing the surrounding objects.

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