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
Visitors were greeted by security forces in flak jackets, some in military camouflage and others toting submachine guns, scattered amid a landscape of green pastures, wooden chalets and snowy peaks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 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
Far below, cows speckled the rolling pastures, their shadows stretching toward the silo.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
