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pasture definition

pas·ture (pas′c̸hər)

noun

  1. grass or other growing plants used as food by grazing animals
    1. ground suitable for grazing
    2. a field, plot, etc. set aside for this

Etymology: OFr < LL pastura < L pascere, to feed: see food

transitive verb pastured -·tured, pasturing -·tur·ing

  1. to put (cattle, etc.) out to graze in a pasture
  2. to graze or feed on (grass, etc.)
  3. to provide with pasture: said of land

intransitive verb

to feed on growing grass or herbage

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pasture Idioms

put out to pasture

  1. to put in a pasture to graze
  2. to allow or compel to retire from work

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pasture Synonyms

pasture

n.

grazing land, pasturage, hayfield; see field 1, meadow, plain.


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pasture Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • graze: Problem: Creeping thistle in almost permanently grazed sheep pasture.

Preposition: for

  • cattle: However, the impact of increased grazing use of these pastures for beef cattle on the level of pollutants produced has not been quantified.

Adjective modifier

  • unimproved: Unimproved pasture is of high conservation value whether upland or lowland.

Modifies a noun

  • land: White Lodge lies in three acres of peaceful flat pasture land.

Noun used with modifier

  • rho: Habitats such as rhos pasture, heaths, wetlands and bluebell woods remain part of the everyday local environment in many Valleys communities.
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pasture quotes

Ocome, let ussing untothe Lord; let usheartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; and shew ourselves glad in him with psalms. For the Lord is a great God; and a great King above all gods. In his hand are all the corners of the earth; and the strength of the hills is his also. The sea is his, and he made it; and his hands prepared the dry land. O come, let us worship and fall down, and kneel before the Lord our Maker. For he is the Lord our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.

-Book of Common Prayer

An English homeögrey twilight poured On dewy pasture, dewy trees, Softer than sleepöall things in order stored, A haunt of ancient Peace.

-Tennyson

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