pasture

CEFRB2

/ˈpɑːst͡ʃə/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Land covered with grass where animals feed.

  2. 02

    verb

    To let animals feed on grass.

Examples

  • A cowboy is driving cattle to the pasture.

  • The pasture has an area of 10 acres.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
4

Also pronounced

  • [-tjə]
  • /-təɹ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Food, nourishment.

  2. Ground covered with grass or herbage, used or suitable for the grazing of livestock.

  3. Land, specifically, an open field, on which livestock is kept for feeding.

More examples

In context

  • The farmer pastures fifty oxen.

  • The land will pasture forty cows.

  • He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.

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The cows ate grass in the green blank near the old barn.

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Origin

noun

Anglo-Norman pastourbor. Middle English pasture English pasture Inherited from Middle English pasture, borrowed from Anglo-Norman pastour, from Latin pastūra, from pāscor + -tūra.