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pasture
1[ pas-cher, pahs- ]
noun
- Also called 貹·ٳܰ·Ի [pas, -cher-land, pahs, -]. 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)
- 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)
- (of livestock) to graze in a pasture.
Pasture
2[ French pah-tyr ]
noun
- ·· [r, aw-zhee-, ey] or Ro·ger [r, aw-, zhey] de la [d, uh, -l, a]. Weyden, Rogier van der.
pasture
/ ˈɑːʃə /
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)
Other Word Forms
- 貹tܰ· adjective
- 貹tܰ· adjective
- 貹tܰ· noun
- ܲ·貹tܰ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of pasture1
Idioms and Phrases
- 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.
More idioms and phrases containing pasture
see put out to grass (pasture) .Example Sentences
Fresh and green are the pastures where he gives me repose.
Getting the job done, and then moving on to pastures new, when you are at the peak of your powers - both managerial and financial.
In the picture, Cyrus dons a pair of green bunny ears and gives Hurley a kiss on the cheek as they lean against a wooden fence in a lush pasture.
But on a recent afternoon, walking through a pasture in the shadow of Mt.
"The Great Moose Migration" tracks the animals as they swim across the Angerman River and make their annual journey toward greener, summer pastures.
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