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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
The 43-room red-brick hotel shares its vast 375 acres with an 18-hole golf course, a spa, as well as a cricket ground and horse pastures. — Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2026 To see them — from an appropriate distance, of course — visit the Windmill and West Traps pastures. — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 23 Sep. 2026 Mixed-use pastures known as dehesas were planted with crops and peppered with oak trees, which provided cork and firewood. — Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026 Groundhogs Groundhogs prefer to live near pastures, along the edges of woods, or under sheds or structures. — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2026 Prolonged periods of drought are scorching French pastures, leeching them of their usual lush green vitality and leaving behind parched, lifeless yellow fields. — Vivian Song, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026 The ranchers depend on snowmelt that feeds the Colorado River and its tributaries to nourish grasses and hay pastures for their herds. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026 The animals tear up crops, pastures, fences, roads and waterways, damage habitat used by native wildlife and can carry diseases capable of affecting livestock, wildlife and humans. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026 As the hurricane approached, shelters were opened, events were canceled and ranchers were urged to leave their cattle in pastures rather than structures that might collapse. — ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pastures
Noun
  • The series blends traditional melodrama with a Western atmosphere set on ranches and in desert landscapes.
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Located about 130 miles southeast of Atlanta, Sandersville boasts dozens of ranches on both sides of the two-lane highway leading into town.
    — Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Instead of a long, narrow path of totality across the globe, the cone of the moon's dark shadow just grazes Earth's edge.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The mission’s lunar target is Shackleton Crater, a 21-kilometer-wide (13-mile-wide) pit with a rim that grazes the moon’s south pole.
    — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • In their last two games, including a 41-31 loss to the Buffalo Bills, the Lions have allowed 569 passing yards and six touchdowns without an interception.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Baugh’s running mate, Duke Clark, had 126 yards and a TD against the Rebels, and has 259 yards and three TDs this season.
    — PJ Green September 29, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The president himself apparently forages exclusively on McDonald’s and Diet Coke, and supposedly believes the soda kills cancer.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 6 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Over his shoulder was an enormous portrait of the hatchet-wielding temperance crusader Carrie Nation, an icon of resistance to the excesses of the first Gilded Age, when similar discontent had roiled the prairies.
    — Kyle Paoletta, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Yet the black-footed ferret remains the face of conservation of the prairies.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026

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“Pastures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pastures. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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