graze upon sth
Frequency: 4.01.5 per million words
A more formal or literary way to indicate what animals are eating.
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Examples (10)
- The sheep graze upon the lush meadows each morning.
- Deer were seen grazing upon the tender shoots in the forest clearing.
- The cattle graze upon the rich pastures of the highland valleys.
- Wild horses graze upon the vast plains stretching to the horizon.
- The goats graze upon whatever vegetation they can find on the rocky slopes.
- Bison once grazed upon these prairies in enormous herds.
- The flock was permitted to graze upon the common land by ancient custom.
- Highland cattle graze upon the coarse grasses of the Scottish moors.
- The poet described lambs grazing upon the verdant hillsides at dawn.
- Elephants graze upon the savanna grasses during the wet season.