Definition of pasture
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
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Examples of pasture in a Sentence
The horses were grazing in the pasture.
Most of their land is pasture.
Recent Examples of pasture from the Web
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However, an incursion of humans, fighting for the survival of their species, has forced the band of apes led by the Moses-like Caesar (the incomparable Andy Serkis) to flee their Muir Woods sanctuary to greener pastures.
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The easement the Mountain Valley Pipeline is seeking on Four Corners Farm, her family’s business in the hills outside Roanoke, cuts right through a peaceful pasture where a handful of cows were recently meandering.
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Ever since State Farm’s preeminent television family was ever-so-quietly put out to pasture, there’s been a bit of a void in the commercial space that the Andersons getting tickets to the game can only plug for so long.
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There is a rich history of Iranians seeking greener pastures -- at least temporarily -- abroad.
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The circa 1815, Federal-style brick home known as the Thomas Lyne House is surrounded by a pastoral mix of forest and rolling pasture—a gem of the Bluegrass region that's listed on both the State and National Registers of Historic Places.
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The horse, tall and sleek, stood atop the crest of a hill, his ivory hue stark and lovely against the green of the pasture and the blue of the sky.
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FILE - In this June 2, 2014 file photo, cattle graze in a pasture near a wind turbine in Adair, Iowa.
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Dikes and levees on thousands of acres of pastures, hayfields and salt-making ponds ringing the bay are coming down to bring back tidal marsh.
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Origin and Etymology of pasture
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin pastura, from Latin pastus, past participle of pascere to feed — more at food
pasture
Definition of pasture
pastured
;pasturing
Examples of pasture in a Sentence
The horses are pastured on several acres of land.
pasturing sheep on town lands was actually a cheaper alternative to mowing
Recent Examples of pasture from the Web
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A 5,500-mile-square peninsula in the Persian Gulf, Qatar has little land to pasture its camels, which are a backbone of traditional culture and recreation there.
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He was pastured close to the field while the cannons were being shot.
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First Known Use of pasture
14th century
PASTURE Defined for English Language Learners
pasture
playDefinition of pasture for English Language Learners
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: a large area of land where animals feed on the grass
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Definition of pasture for English Language Learners
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: to put (an animal) in a pasture to feed on the grass
PASTURE Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of pasture for Students
1 : plants (as grass) for feeding grazing animals
2 : land on which animals graze
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