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Definition of pasture - 4 dictionary results

pas⋅ture

  [pas-cher, pahs-] noun, verb, -tured, -tur⋅ing.
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–noun
1. 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.
2. a specific area or piece of such ground.
3. grass or other plants for feeding livestock.
–verb (used with object)
4. to feed (livestock) by putting them out to graze on pasture.
5. (of land) to furnish with pasture.
6. (of livestock) to graze upon.
–verb (used without object)
7. (of livestock) to graze in a pasture.
—Idiom
8. put out to pasture,
a. to put in a pasture to graze.
b. 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.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < MF < LL pāstūra, equiv. to L pāst(us), ptp. of pāscere to feed, pasture (cf. pastor ) + -ūra -ure

Related forms:
pas⋅tur⋅al, adjective
pas⋅ture⋅less, adjective
pas⋅tur⋅er, noun

Pas⋅ture

  [Fr. pah-tyr]
–noun
Ro⋅gi⋅er  [Fr. raw-zhee-ey] or Ro⋅ger  [Fr. raw-zhey] de la  [Fr. duh-la] . Weyden, Rogier van der.
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pas·ture   (pās'chər)   
n.  

    1. Grass or other vegetation eaten as food by grazing animals.

    2. Ground on which such vegetation grows, especially that which is set aside for use by domestic grazing animals.

  2. The feeding or grazing of animals.

v.   pas·tured, pas·tur·ing, pas·tures

v.   tr.

  1. To herd (animals) into a pasture to graze.

  2. To provide (animals) with pasturage. Used of land.

    1. To graze on (land or vegetation).

    2. To use (land) as pasture.

v.   intr.
To graze in a pasture.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin pāstūra, from Latin pāstus, past participle of pāscere, to feed; see pā- in Indo-European roots.]
pas'tur·a·ble adj., pas'tur·er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Idioms & Phrases

pasture

see put out to grass (pasture).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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