pastured

Variant of pasture

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

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

transitive verb pastured, pasturing

  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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