Pasture Definition
păschər
pastured, pastures, pasturing
noun
pastures
Ground suitable for grazing.
Webster's New World
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
A field, plot, etc. set aside for this.
Webster's New World
verb
pastured, pastures, pasturing
To put (cattle, etc.) out to graze in a pasture.
Webster's New World
To provide (animals) with pasturage. Used of land.
American Heritage
To feed on growing grass or herbage.
Webster's New World
To graze or feed on (grass, etc.)
Webster's New World
To use (land) as pasture.
American Heritage
idiom
put out to pasture
- To herd (grazing animals) into pasturable land.
- To retire or compel to retire from work or a full workload.
American Heritage
put out to pasture
- to put in a pasture to graze
- to allow or compel to retire from work
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Pasture
Origin of Pasture
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Middle English from Old French from Late Latin pāstūra from Latin pāstus past participle of pāscere to feed pā- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Anglo-Norman pastour, Anglo-Norman and Middle French pasture, from Latin pastura, from the stem of pascere (“to feed, graze").
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