1
: plants (such as grass) grown for the feeding especially of grazing animals
2
: land or a plot of land used for grazing
3
: the feeding of livestock : grazing
pastured; pasturing
Synonyms
Examples of pasture in a Sentence
Noun
The horses were grazing in the pasture.
Most of their land is pasture.
Verb
The horses are pastured on several acres of land.
pasturing sheep on town lands was actually a cheaper alternative to mowing
Recent Examples on the Web
Alexandra Rockey Fleming, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024
All around, horses and cows roam in pastures crisscrossed by nameless dirt roads.
—Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2024
Herder families often move with the seasons, traveling across the country’s vast grasslands to find new pastures to graze their livestock.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
The team works on approximately 40 acres with various crops, pastures, and animals.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 19 Mar. 2024
Beavers’ dam-building and tree-chewing can flood roads and pastures and damage or destroy crops, timber stores and landscaping plantings.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
Often the romanticized image of the French farm — cows being milked at dawn as the mist rises over undulating pasture — is at some distance from reality.
—Roger Cohen Ivor Prickett, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2024
These things will also really quickly take over pastures and old fields.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024
The changing of the season is the height of the nomad year, a time of festivals and family gatherings before the days draw in, the migrations begin, and the hardships of the winter pastures return.
—Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
Gina Cherelus, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
Even in decades after WWI, putting ships out to pasture on the Neches was common practice, the man said.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 31 Aug. 2023
Otherwise, these carcasses are likely to attract wolves, and the wolves might then become habituated to finding food in an area where cattle are pastured.
—Dawn Stover, oregonlive, 12 Apr. 2023
During the rainy season from April to October, the swamp would swell, leading to a dry season where communities here would take their livestock to pasture and grow crops.
—Esther Castillejo, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2023
At that point, the rancher removed John’s shoes and put him out to pasture to gain more weight.
—Claire Panosian Dunavan, Discover Magazine, 11 Jan. 2018
And why is that a taboo, and why are we put out to pasture?
—Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2022
Michael Saylor, perhaps the biggest Bitcoin bull of them all, has wandered out to pasture as CEO of his analytics and software company, MicroStrategy.
—Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2022
Next-generation instruments could be sensitive enough to answer whether this dark matter horse wins it all — or needs to be put out to pasture.
—Adam Hadhazy, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2019
Noun
On March 15, Stone collapsed in the pasture and died.
—Alexandra Rockey Fleming, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024
All around, horses and cows roam in pastures crisscrossed by nameless dirt roads.
—Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2024
Herder families often move with the seasons, traveling across the country’s vast grasslands to find new pastures to graze their livestock.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
The team works on approximately 40 acres with various crops, pastures, and animals.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 19 Mar. 2024
Beavers’ dam-building and tree-chewing can flood roads and pastures and damage or destroy crops, timber stores and landscaping plantings.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
Often the romanticized image of the French farm — cows being milked at dawn as the mist rises over undulating pasture — is at some distance from reality.
—Roger Cohen Ivor Prickett, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2024
These things will also really quickly take over pastures and old fields.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024
The changing of the season is the height of the nomad year, a time of festivals and family gatherings before the days draw in, the migrations begin, and the hardships of the winter pastures return.
—Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
Verb
So, what sort of romantic connections were snuffed out in those dark hours when Feeld was out to pasture?
—Gina Cherelus, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
Even in decades after WWI, putting ships out to pasture on the Neches was common practice, the man said.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 31 Aug. 2023
Otherwise, these carcasses are likely to attract wolves, and the wolves might then become habituated to finding food in an area where cattle are pastured.
—Dawn Stover, oregonlive, 12 Apr. 2023
During the rainy season from April to October, the swamp would swell, leading to a dry season where communities here would take their livestock to pasture and grow crops.
—Esther Castillejo, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2023
At that point, the rancher removed John’s shoes and put him out to pasture to gain more weight.
—Claire Panosian Dunavan, Discover Magazine, 11 Jan. 2018
And why is that a taboo, and why are we put out to pasture?
—Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2022
Michael Saylor, perhaps the biggest Bitcoin bull of them all, has wandered out to pasture as CEO of his analytics and software company, MicroStrategy.
—Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2022
Next-generation instruments could be sensitive enough to answer whether this dark matter horse wins it all — or needs to be put out to pasture.
—Adam Hadhazy, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2019
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pasture
1 of 2 noun
pas·ture
ˈpas-chər 
1
: plants (as grass) for feeding especially grazing animals
2
: land or a plot of land used for grazing
pasture
2 of 2 verb
pastured; pasturing
2
: to feed (as cattle) on pasture
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