pasture
noun
an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
pastures
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pluralof pasture.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof pasture (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
pasturenounan area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
Example Sentences
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But that focus on greener pastures is as persistent as the apparent blood feud between Texas and Tennessee.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
Drought conditions on cattle pastures have limited how many animals ranchers have been able to produce in recent years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
His family have been grazing cattle on the lush pastures of Charlton Musgrove, near Wincanton in Somerset, for 350 years.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
If Lily, Mopple and the rest can set their part of the world right, there’s no reason we can’t find our way to better pastures, too.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
Why did food production develop first in these seemingly rather marginal lands, and only later in today’s most fertile farmlands and pastures?
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
