pasture
pasture definition
pas·ture (pas′c̸hər)
noun
- grass or other growing plants used as food by grazing animals
- ground suitable for grazing
- 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
- to put (cattle, etc.) out to graze in a pasture
- to graze or feed on (grass, etc.)
- to provide with pasture: said of land
intransitive verb
to feed on growing grass or herbage
Related Forms:
- pasturer pas′·turer noun
pasture Idioms
put out to pasture
- to put in a pasture to graze
- to allow or compel to retire from work
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