noun
- grass or other growing plants used as food by grazing animals
- ground suitable for grazing
- a field, plot, etc. set aside for this
Origin:
OFr < LL pastura < L pascere, to feed: see food
transitive verb pastured, pasturing
- 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