pasture
noun
an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
have pastured
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present perfectof pasture.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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I am sorry to confess I have pastured my orchard with hogs; it is not advisable.
From The Apple by Various
Still there are ponds and tule swamps, although it is said that white men have pastured horses only about half a league away.34 20th day.
From Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820 Anthropological Records 16(6):239-292, 1958 by Sherburne Friend Cook
I have pastured to a limited extent with calves and horses; hogs injure the trees.
From The Apple by Various
I have pastured the orchard with calves and hogs, but do not now; it does not pay; do not think it advisable.
From The Apple by Various
I have pastured my orchard with hogs, but have quit it.
From The Apple by Various
