pasture
noun
an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
are pasturing
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present progressiveof pasture.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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It’s late Sunday morning, and everyone has gone to Otavalo except me and the other maids, who are pasturing the cows in the valley.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
The chief occupations of the Georgians are: pasturing, farming, jewelry work, silk-manufacturing, and wine-growing.
From Caucasian Legends by Abraam Abraamovich Goulbat
He said, "I am looking for my brothers; tell me, I beg of you, where they are pasturing the flock."
From The Children's Bible by Henry A. Sherman
On the island are pasturing herds of oxen and sheep sacred to the Sun, things of light consecrated to light.
From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Denton Jaques Snider
A flock of sheep and goats are pasturing on the meadowland above some cliffs which rise abruptly from the sea.
From Landseer A collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter with introduction and interpretation by Estelle M. (Estelle May) Hurll
