pasture
Also called pas·ture·land [pas-cher-land, pahs-]. /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/. an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
a specific area or piece of such ground.
grass or other plants for feeding livestock.
to feed (livestock) by putting them out to graze on pasture.
(of land) to furnish with pasture.
(of livestock) to graze upon.
(of livestock) to graze in a pasture.
Idioms about pasture
put out to pasture,
to put in a pasture to graze.
to dismiss, retire, or use sparingly as being past one's or its prime: Most of our older employees don't want to be put out to pasture.
Origin of pasture
1Other words from pasture
- pas·tur·al, adjective
- pas·ture·less, adjective
- pas·tur·er, noun
- un·pas·tured, adjective
Words Nearby pasture
Other definitions for Pasture (2 of 2)
Ro·gi·er [French raw-zhee-ey] /French rɔ ʒiˈeɪ/ or Ro·ger [French raw-zhey] /French rɔˈʒeɪ/ de la [French duh-la]. /French də la/. Weyden, Rogier van der.
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How to use pasture in a sentence
How he took me to the top of the pasture and pointed it out.
Go on, look — maybe at one lying near you right now, curled around his folded legs on a dog bed, or sprawled on his side on the tile floor, paws flitting through the pasture of a dream.
Forget Everything You Know About Your Dog (Ep. 436) | Stephen J. Dubner | October 22, 2020 | FreakonomicsWith his land in the crosshairs, he debated whether to run cows on this pasture or that one, whether to build a barn on a hill that might someday be taken over by Canadian investors.
It’s His Land. Now a Canadian Company Gets to Take It. | by Lee van der Voo for ProPublica | October 1, 2020 | ProPublicaAmazonian rainforest is burned for cattle pasture, then abandoned.
Capitalism without natural capital isn’t sustainable | Michael J. Coren | September 24, 2020 | QuartzThe animals Brown raises are fed grass and raised in pastures.
What Happens When Everyone Stays Home to Eat? (Ep. 412) | Stephen J. Dubner | April 9, 2020 | Freakonomics
You will find winding pasture for sheep and highland cattle.
Thus far, Congress has prevented the service from putting the Warthog out to pasture.
The Metropolitan Police said that sending retired horses out to pasture was a common practice.
Police Arrest Murdoch Deputy Rebekah Brooks and Husband | Mike Giglio | March 13, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThey are pastoralists, who have dealt with declining pasture for grazing and even less water for living.
Pollock opens in 1957 in a rural Ohio pasture overlooking a “holler” called Knockemstiff.
There was only one reason why Billy Woodchuck didn't exactly care to dig a new home for himself in the pasture just then.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole | Arthur Scott BaileyMany acres of the ranch were profitably let, although by the month only, as pasture both for cows and horses.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonBritish pasture farming was to be annihilated, and an immense stimulus given to that of our continental rivals.
Let her have one day at the 'mowing,' if you choose, then she'd better be put into that old pasture and left there.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondBut when it grows late, even if Frank does not come, they know it is supper time and leave the pasture.
Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon Anderson
British Dictionary definitions for pasture
/ (ˈpɑːstʃə) /
land covered with grass or herbage and grazed by or suitable for grazing by livestock
a specific tract of such land
the grass or herbage growing on it
(tr) to cause (livestock) to graze or (of livestock) to graze (a pasture)
Origin of pasture
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with pasture
see put out to grass (pasture).
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