pasture
1 Americannoun
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Also called pastureland. an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
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a specific area or piece of such ground.
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grass or other plants for feeding livestock.
verb (used with object)
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to feed (livestock) by putting them out to graze on pasture.
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(of land) to furnish with pasture.
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(of livestock) to graze upon.
verb (used without object)
idioms
noun
noun
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land covered with grass or herbage and grazed by or suitable for grazing by livestock
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a specific tract of such land
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the grass or herbage growing on it
verb
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
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At that time, we were running through rolling pastures and open fields with good visibility.
“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.
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