pasture

[ pas-cher, pahs- ]

/ ˈpæs tʃər, ˈpɑs- /

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noun

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.

verb (used with object), pas·tured, pas·tur·ing.

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

(of land) to furnish with pasture.

(of livestock) to graze upon.

verb (used without object), pas·tured, pas·tur·ing.

(of livestock) to graze in a pasture.

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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

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

OTHER WORDS FROM pasture

pas·tur·al, adjectivepas·ture·less, adjectivepas·tur·er, nounun·pas·tured, adjective

Words nearby pasture

pastry cream, pastry tube, past tense, pasturable, pasturage, pasture, pasture rose, pasty, pasty-faced, PA system, pat

Other definitions for pasture (2 of 2)

Pasture

[ French pah-tyr ]

/ French pɑˈtür /

noun

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.

How to use pasture in a sentence

How he took me to the top of the pasture and pointed it out.
There’s Always Some Killing You Got to Do On a Farm|Eugene Robinson|October 23, 2020|Ozy
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|Freakonomics
With 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|ProPublica
Amazonian rainforest is burned for cattle pasture, then abandoned.
Capitalism without natural capital isn’t sustainable|Michael J. Coren|September 24, 2020|Quartz

The 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.
Ester Elchies, The Estate Built By Whiskey||December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Thus far, Congress has prevented the service from putting the Warthog out to pasture.
American Warplane’s Forgotten Nazi Past|Dave Majumdar|October 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
They are pastoralists, who have dealt with declining pasture for grazing and even less water for living.
Why My Mom Is in Africa|Meghan McCain|August 25, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Pollock opens in 1957 in a rural Ohio pasture overlooking a “holler” called Knockemstiff.
3 Must-Read Novels|Taylor Antrim, Anne Trubek, Nicholas Mancusi|July 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST
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 Bailey
Many acres of the ranch were profitably let, although by the month only, as pasture both for cows and horses.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
British pasture farming was to be annihilated, and an immense stimulus given to that of our continental rivals.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
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 Raymond
But 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

pasture

/ (ˈpɑːstʃə) /

noun

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

verb

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

Word Origin for pasture

C13: via Old French from Late Latin pāstūra, from pascere to feed

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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pasture

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