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- Dictionarypasture/ˈpɑːstʃə/
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: "she left the office for pastures new"
verb
- 1. put (animals) to graze in a pasture: "they pastured their cows in the water meadow"
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PASTURE definition: 1. grass or similar plants suitable for animals such as cows and sheep to eat, or an area of land…. Learn more.
noun. Also called pas·ture·land [ 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.
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
noun. pas· ture ˈpas-chər. Synonyms of pasture. 1. : plants (such as grass) grown for the feeding especially of grazing animals. 2. : land or a plot of land used for grazing. 3. : the feeding of livestock : grazing. pasture. 2 of 2. verb. pastured; pasturing. intransitive verb. : graze, browse. transitive verb. 1.
noun [ C or U ] us / ˈpæs.tʃɚ / uk / ˈpɑːs.tʃə r/ Add to word list. grass or similar plants suitable for animals such as cows and sheep to eat, or an area of land covered in this: The sheep were grazing on the lush green pastures. Some fields are planted with crops for several years, and then returned to pasture for the cattle.
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...
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.
pastures [plural] the circumstances of your life, work, etc. I felt we were off to greener pastures (= a better way of life). Idioms. put somebody out to pasture/grass (informal) to force someone to stop doing their job, especially because they are old. See pasture in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: pasture.
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