Pasturable

pas·ture  (pschr)

n.

1.

a. Grass or other vegetation eaten as food by grazing animals.

b. Ground on which such vegetation grows, especially that which is set aside for use by domestic grazing animals.

2. The feeding or grazing of animals.

v. pas·tured, pas·tur·ing, pas·tures

v.tr.

1. To herd (animals) into a pasture to graze.

2. To provide (animals) with pasturage. Used of land.

3.

a. To graze on (land or vegetation).

b. To use (land) as pasture.

v.intr.

To graze in a pasture.

Idiom:

put out to pasture

1. To herd (grazing animals) into pasturable land.

2. Informal To retire or compel to retire from work or a full workload.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin pstra, from Latin pstus, past participle of pscere, to feed; see p- in Indo-European roots.]

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pastur·a·ble adj.

pastur·er n.