zero-grazed, adj.

zero-grazed
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Revised 2018

# zero-grazedadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zero-grazed mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zero-grazed. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

### How common is the adjective zero-grazed?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1960 | 0.0001
1970 | 0.0001
1980 | 0.0002
1990 | 0.0002
2000 | 0.0002
2010 | 0.0002

### Where does the adjective zero-grazed come from?

Earliest known use

1950s

The earliest known use of the adjective zero-grazed is in the 1950s.

OED's earliest evidence for zero-grazed is from 1958, in Agriculture.

### Nearby entries

1. zero derivative, adj. & n. 1948–
2. zero-derived, adj. 1971–
3. zero-dimensional, adj. 1880–
4. zero-emission, n. & adj. 1952–
5. zero-energy, adj. 1947–
6. zero-field, adj. 1915–
7. zero-G, adj. & n. 1950–
8. zero grade, n. 1888–
9. zero gravity, n. & adj. 1915–
10. zero-graze, v. 1954–
11. zero-grazed, adj.1958–
12. zero grazing, n. 1954–
13. zero growth, n. 1907–
14. zero hour, n. 1915–
15. zero-hours, adj. 1988–
16. zeroing, n. 1906–
17. zeroize, v. 1894–
18. zero-length, adj. 1945–
19. zero-line, n. 1834–
20. zero magnet, n. 1890–
21. zero mark, n. 1821–

## Meaning & use

Agriculture.

1. 1958–
   (Of cattle) fed with cut grass brought to them instead of being put out to pasture; cf. soiled adj.2
   1. 1958

      > Zero grazed animals also put on greater weight during the summer months than those out grazing.

      Agriculture vol. 65 129
   2. 1978

      > Beef from spring-born zero-grazed Friesians—comparison of bulls, steers and late castrates.

      Exper. Husbandry No. 33. 18 (heading)
   3. 2015

      > The vast majority of the zero grazed heifers have now been slaughtered with carcase finish and quality being exceptional.

      Irish Independent (Nexis) 8 December (Farming section) 12
   agriculture
   1. pen-fed c1400–
      (Of an animal) fed in a pen, stall, etc.; hand-fed.
   2. stall-fed a1555–
      Of an animal to be fattened: Kept and fed in a stall.
   3. mast-fed 1566–
      Fed on mast.
   4. grass-fed 1575–
      Of an animal: fed chiefly or exclusively on grass; reared at pasture; (in later use) esp. as opposed to being fattened on grain prior to being…
   5. bean-fed 1590–
      Living on the best of everything.
   6. soiled 1608–
      Fed with fresh-cut green fodder.
   7. house-fed 1777
      That is fed in a house; (spec. of animals) fed indoors or in an enclosure, as opposed to grazing in a pasture, field, etc.; hence in extended use, of…
   8. corn-fed 1787–
      spec. Fed on maize. By extension: well-fed; plump, stout. Chiefly U.S.
   9. cake-fed 1799–
      Of an animal: fed chiefly or exclusively on cake (in cake, n. A.I.4b).
   10. summered 1804–
       (With preceding modifying word) that has been kept during the summer in the specified manner; (also) that has been made summer-like.
   11. pair-fed 1951–
       (Of an animal) subjected to pair-feeding.
   12. zero-grazed 1958–
       (Of cattle) fed with cut grass brought to them instead of being put out to pasture; cf. soiled, adj.²
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## Frequency

zero-grazed typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.

zero-grazed is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands

Frequency data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

### Frequency of zero-grazed, adj., 1960–2010

* Occurrences per million words in written English

Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.

The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.

For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.

Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.

Decade | Frequency per million words
--- | ---
1960 | 0.0001
1970 | 0.0001
1980 | 0.0002
1990 | 0.0002
2000 | 0.0002
2010 | 0.0002

Originally published as part of the entry for zero, n. & adj.

zero, n. & adj. was revised in June 2018.