Sekirov Dictionary

pasture

UK /ˈpɑːst͡ʃə/US /ˈpæst͡ʃəɹ/

noun 3
verb 3
forms 5
phrases 1

noun3

Land, specifically, an open field, on which livestock is kept for feeding.
•
Ground covered with grass or herbage, used or suitable for the grazing of livestock.
- He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. — 1611
•
(no longer used) Food, nourishment.
- Ne euer is he wont on ought to feed, / But toades and frogs, his pasture poysonous […]. — 1590

verb3

To graze.
•
To feed, especially on growing grass; to supply grass as food for.
- The farmer pastures fifty oxen.
- The land will pasture forty cows.
To move animals into a pasture.

forms

pastured · pasturing · pastures · pastureth · pasturest

Phrases with pasture

pasture out
To be let into a particular pasture; to be let out for pasture.

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