pasture
nounverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈpɑːst͡ʃə//
- United Kingdom//ˈpæs-//
- United Kingdom/[-tjə]/
- United States//ˈpæst͡ʃəɹ//
- United States//ˈpæʃ-//
Land, specifically, an open field, on which livestock is kept for feeding.
noun
- 1
Land, specifically, an open field, on which livestock is kept for feeding.
- 2
Ground covered with grass or herbage, used or suitable for the grazing of livestock.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
So graze as you find pasture.
- 3
obsoleteFood, nourishment.
Ne euer is he wont on ought to feed, / But toades and frogs, his pasture poysonous […].
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- Proto-Indo-European *péh₂sti Proto-Italic *pāskōr Latin pāscor Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin pastūra Anglo-Norman pastourbor. Middle English pasture English pasture Inherited from Middle English pasture, borrowed from Anglo-Norman pastour, from Latin pastūra, from pāscor + -tūra.
verb
- 1
To move animals into a pasture.
- 2
To graze.
- 3
To feed, especially on growing grass; to supply grass as food for.
The farmer pastures fifty oxen.
The land will pasture forty cows.
Forms
- plural
- pastures
- past tense
- pastured
- past participle
- pastured
- present participle
- pasturing
- third person singular
- pastures
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