Pasture is land with grass growing on it for farm animals to eat.
The cows are out now, grazing in the pasture.
...mountain pastures.
Synonyms: grassland, grass, meadow, grazing More Synonyms of pasture
2.
See pastures new
3.
See put sth out to pasture
4.
See put sb out to pasture
pasture in British English
(ˈpɑːstʃə)
noun
1.
land covered with grass or herbage and grazed by or suitable for grazing by livestock
2.
a specific tract of such land
3.
the grass or herbage growing on it
verb
4. (transitive)
to cause (livestock) to graze or (of livestock) to graze (a pasture)
Word origin
C13: via Old French from Late Latin pāstūra, from pascere to feed
pasture in American English
(ˈpæstʃər)
noun
1.
grass or other growing plants used as food by grazing animals
2.
a.
ground suitable for grazing
b.
a field, plot, etc. set aside for this
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈpastured or ˈpasturing
3.
to put (cattle, etc.) out to graze in a pasture
4.
to graze or feed on (grass, etc.)
5.
to provide with pasture
said of land
verb intransitive
6.
to feed on growing grass or herbage
Idioms:
put out to pasture
Derived forms
pasturer (ˈpasturer)
noun
Word origin
OFr < LL pastura < L pascere, to feed: see food
More idioms containing
pasture
put someone out to pasture
Examples of 'pasture' in a sentence
pasture
The clashes are largely fuelled by tribal enmity as well as competition for land and pastures.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Although the floor beneath our hooves is pasture the grass is not enough.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
What drove them to seek pastures new?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It is set in two acres of gardens and pasture land in a small and pretty valley.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The younger cast members who are leaving could be going off to seek pastures new.
The Sun (2010)
His farms and pastures spread wide.
Christianity Today (2000)
On one side of our army helicopter are lush, serene pastures.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The pasture also has grazing for 22 polo ponies.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I was very unhappy doing it and found fresher pastures.
The Sun (2010)
That is why we often see cash-rich firms in stagnant industries merging their way into fresh woods and pastures new.
Charles A. D'Ambrosio & Stewart D. Hodges & Richard Brealey & Stewart Myers Principles of Corporate Finance (1991)
Those fresh pastures were in London.
The Sun (2010)
The 18th-century home has 34 acres of pasture and woodland south and east of the property.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It also comes with 176 acres of farmland, pasture and woodland.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Banking restructuring, too, has been put out to pasture to graze awhile.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
They grow in a wide variety of habitats, from woodland to pasture, but are often found on chalk grassland.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We thought there might be lots of people wanting to warehouse a horse on our lush pasture, but so far, no luck.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It's a rare honour to be invited into her vast, tiled kitchen with its views of white iron fences and lush green pastures.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
In other languages
pasture
British English: pasture NOUN
Pasture is land with grass growing on it for farm animals to eat.
The cows are out now, grazing in the pasture.
American English: pasture
Brazilian Portuguese: pasto
Chinese: 牧场
European Spanish: pasto
French: pâturage
German: Weide
Italian: pascolo
Japanese: 牧草地
Korean: 목장
European Portuguese: pasto
Latin American Spanish: pradera
All related terms of 'pasture'
moose pasture
land considered to be worthless , esp when lacking in extractable mineral deposits
pasture land
grassland
put out to pasture
to put in a pasture to graze
put sb out to pasture
If you say that someone is being put out to pasture , you mean they are no longer being employed because they are considered to be too old or no longer useful .
put sth out to pasture
If you put animals out to pasture , you move them out into the fields so they can eat the grass .
Chinese translation of 'pasture'
pasture
(ˈpɑːstʃəʳ)
n
(u) (= grazing land) 牧草 (mùcǎo)
(c) (= field) 牧场(場) (mùchǎng) (个(個), gè)
(noun)
Definition
land covered with grass, suitable for grazing by farm animals
The cows are out now, grazing in the pasture.
Synonyms
grassland
areas of open grassland
grass
meadow
Try turning your lawn into a flower meadow.
grazing
lea (poetic)
grazing land
pasturage
shieling (Scottish)
Additional synonyms
in the sense of meadow
Definition
a low-lying piece of grassland, often near a river