graze

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of GRAZE

an area of skin roughened or worn away by harsh rubbing against another surface <a stumble that resulted in nothing more serious than a graze on the knee>

Synonyms bruise, graze, scrape

Related Words bedsore, gall

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