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- Dictionarypas·ture/ˈpasCHər/
noun
- 1. land covered with grass and other low plants suitable for grazing animals, especially cattle or sheep: "areas of rich meadow pasture"
- 2. used to refer to a person's situation in life: "he has departed for the greener pastures of a corner office"
verb
- 1. put (animals) in a pasture to graze: "they pastured their cows in the water meadow"
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The meaning of PASTURE is plants (such as grass) grown for the feeding especially of grazing animals. How to use pasture in a sentence.
PASTURE definition: 1. grass or similar plants suitable for animals such as cows and sheep to eat, or an area of land…. Learn more.
Pasture definition: an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.. See examples of PASTURE used in a sentence.
Pasture is both a noun and a verb associated with grazing animals. As a noun, a pasture is a field where animals such as horses and cattle can graze, or feed. Pasture can also refer to the grasses or other plants that grow in a pasture. As a verb, pasture means "to graze" or "to release animals into a pasture for grazing."
(pɑːstʃəʳ , pæs- ) Word forms: plural pastures. 1. variable noun. Pasture is land with grass growing on it for farm animals to eat. The cows are out now, grazing in the pasture. ...mountain pastures. Synonyms: grassland, grass, meadow, grazing More Synonyms of pasture. 2. See pastures new. 3. See put sth out to pasture. 4. See put sb out to pasture
Define pasture. pasture synonyms, pasture pronunciation, pasture translation, English dictionary definition of pasture. n. 1. a. A tract of land that supports grass or other vegetation eaten by domestic grazing animals. b. Such vegetation, especially that eaten by domestic...
Noun. Verb. Idiom. Filter. noun. pastures. Ground suitable for grazing. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Such vegetation, especially that eaten by domestic grazing animals. American Heritage. Grass or other growing plants used as food by grazing animals. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A field, plot, etc. set aside for this.
pasture. noun. /ˈpɑːstʃə (r)/. /ˈpæstʃər/. [uncountable, countable] land covered with grass that is suitable for feeding animals on. an area of permanent/rough/rich pasture. high mountain pastures. The cattle were put out to pasture. We drove through mile after mile of land cleared for pasture.
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.
4 senses: 1. land covered with grass or herbage and grazed by or suitable for grazing by livestock 2. a specific tract of such.... Click for more definitions.
