brouter
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brouter
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., acheter).
1. (to feed on)
a. to graze
Après l'hiver, les vaches sont contentes de brouter dans les prés.After winter, cows are happy to graze in the fields.
b. to browse
Pendant notre randonnée, nous avons vu quelques chèvres brouter dans la prairie.On our hike, we saw a few goats browsing in the meadow.
c. to nibble
Les cerfs aiment brouter les plantes de mon jardin.Deers like to nibble the plants in my garden.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., éternuer.).
2. (to jerk)
a. to chatter
Ne faites pas fonctionner la perceuse trop vite, sinon elle va brouter.Don't run the drill too fast, otherwise it will chatter.
b. to judder (United Kingdom)
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom.
La machine à laver a commencé à brouter, alors j’ai appelé un réparateur pour qu’il vienne vérifier.The washing machine started juddering, so I called a repairman to come look at it.
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