pasture

¹ American  

[pas-cher, pahs-] / ˈpæs tʃər, ˈpɑs- /

noun

1. Also called pastureland.  an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.

2. a specific area or piece of such ground.

3. grass or other plants for feeding livestock.

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verb (used with object)

pastured, pasturing

1. to feed (livestock) by putting them out to graze on pasture.

2. (of land) to furnish with pasture.

3. (of livestock) to graze upon.

verb (used without object)

pastured, pasturing

1. (of livestock) to graze in a pasture.

idioms

1. put out to pasture,

   1. to put in a pasture to graze.

   2. 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.

Pasture ² American  

[pah-tyr] / pɑˈtür /

noun

1. Rogier or Roger de la Weyden, Rogier van der.

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pasture British  

/ ˈpɑːstʃə /

noun

1. land covered with grass or herbage and grazed by or suitable for grazing by livestock

2. a specific tract of such land

3. the grass or herbage growing on it

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verb

1. (tr) to cause (livestock) to graze or (of livestock) to graze (a pasture)

pasture More Idioms  

1. see put out to grass (pasture).

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Other Word Forms

• pastural adjective
• pastureless adjective
• pasturer noun
• unpastured adjective

Etymology

Origin of pasture

1250–1300; Middle English < Middle French < Late Latin pāstūra, equivalent to Latin pāst ( us ), past participle of pāscere to feed, pasture ( pastor ) + -ūra -ure

Example Sentences

“Just last week I put an extra rail on the pasture fence. It didn’t do any good though. She sailed over it as if it wasn’t even there.”

From Literature

I wondered if I could slip into the pasture and milk one of the cows.

From Literature

Boise, which Barron’s profiled as its housing market soared in 2021, saw significant in-migration from more expensive metros as white-collar workers sought out greener pastures.

From Barron's

Their cash found slightly greener pastures in things like long-term bonds or bank deposits.

From The Wall Street Journal

A severe drought also burned up grazing pastures, making it more expensive to feed livestock.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• grass
• grazing
• meadow