Thesaurus results for PASTURES

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noun

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plural of pasture

as in ranches

open land over which livestock may roam and feed horses grazing in a fenced pasture

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verb

present tense third-person singular of pasture

as in grazes

to feed on grass or herbs pasturing sheep on town lands was actually a cheaper alternative to mowing

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Recent Examples of pastures

Noun

Waves of silicon, metal, and concrete would spoil views of Sardinia’s stunning beaches, rugged mountains, ancient pastures, and idyllic medieval villages, after all. —

IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026 And thanks to South Florida’s population boom, real estate developers are descending on Wellington’s pastures. —

Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 7 May 2026 Groundhogs prefer to live near pastures, along the edges of woods, or under sheds or structures. —

Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 May 2026 Different microclimates from mountain pastures to valley farms influence the milk’s characteristics. —

Antonia Mortensen, CNN Money, 2 May 2026 Most people would also like to believe that the open pastures and contented animals in food marketing reflect some version of reality. —

Jesse Plunkett, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026 More than 100 miles of trails wind through forests and traverse mountain meadows and alpine pastures on the hillsides above Lake Maggiore. —

Lisa Kadane, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2026 This rotation mimics the natural migration of wild bison and keeps the pastures from being overgrazed. —

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Apr. 2026 The adjacent landscape of overgrown pastures was a mix of coniferous and deciduous trees, with enough space between to allow blueberries to spread. —

Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026

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Aoudad are classified as an exotic species and have no closed season or bag limit on private property, but reaching them across the vast, rugged ranches of West Texas has always been the practical challenge.

— Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026
Horse Farms Had to Evacuate Too When the fires began earlier this month, WINK reported neighborhoods near the Picayune Strand State Forest were forced to evacuate horse farms and ranches.

— Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 27 Apr. 2026