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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.

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pasture [ˈpɑːstʃə]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) land covered with grass or herbage and grazed by or suitable for grazing by livestock

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a specific tract of such land

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) the grass or herbage growing on it

vb

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (tr) to cause (livestock) to graze or (of livestock) to graze (a pasture)

[via Old French from Late Latin pāstūra, from pascere to feed]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pasture - a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock grazing land, ley, pastureland, lea common land, commons - a pasture subject to common use cow pasture - a pasture for cows grassland - land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life rural area, country - an area outside of cities and towns; "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"
	2.	pasture - bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle eatage, forage, pasturage, grass fodder - coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
Verb	1.	pasture - let feed in a field or pasture or meadow graze, crop animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement feed, give - give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat" grass - feed with grass graze, pasture, browse, crop, range - feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" drift - drive slowly and far afield for grazing; "drift the cattle herds westwards"
	2.	pasture - feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" graze, browse, crop, range eat, feed - take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" range - let eat; "range the animals in the prairie" pasture, graze, crop - let feed in a field or pasture or meadow

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pasture

noun grassland, grass, meadow, grazing, lea (poetic), grazing land, pasturage, shieling (Scot.) The cows are out now, grazing in the pasture.

Translations

pasture [ˈpɑːstʃəʳ]

A. N (= field) → pasto m, prado m; (= pastureland) → tierra(s) f(pl) de pastoreo
to put animals out to pasture → apacentar or pastorear el ganado
they're putting me out to pasture (fig) (hum) → me echan al pasto(como a caballo viejo)
to seek pastures new → buscar nuevos horizontes

B. VT [+ animals] → apacentar, pastorear; [+ grass] → comer, pacer

C. VI → pastar, pacer

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pasture [ˈpɑːstʃə^r] n (for sheep, cows) → pâturage m
to put cows out to pasture → mettre les vaches au pâturage
to leave for greener pastures → partir vers de nouveaux horizons
to leave for pastures new → partir vers de nouveaux horizons
pasture land n → pâturage m, pâturages mpl

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pasture

n

(= field) → Weide f; to put out to pasture → auf die Weide treiben; (fig inf, employee) → aufs Abstellgleis schieben; greener pastures (fig) → bessere Weidegründe; to move on to pastures new (fig) → sich (dat) → etwas Neues suchen, sich nach neuen Weidegründen (geh) → umsehen; to seek pastures new (fig) → nach neuen Weidegründen suchen

no pl (also pasture land) → Weideland nt

no pl (= food) → Futter nt

vt animals → weiden lassen

vi → grasen

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pasture [ˈpɑːstʃəʳ] n → pascolo
to put animals out to pasture → condurre gli animali al pascolo
to move on to pastures new (fig) → cambiare aria

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pasture [ˈpɑːstʃəʳ] n → pascolo
to put animals out to pasture → condurre gli animali al pascolo
to move on to pastures new (fig) → cambiare aria

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pasture

n pasture [ˈpaːstʃə]

a field or area of ground cove-red with grass for cattle etc to eat The horses were out in the pasture. weiland مَرْعى паша pastva eng; græsmark die Weide λιβάδι, βοσκοτόπι pasto karjamaa چراگاه laidun pâturage אָחוּ चारागाह paša,pašnjak legelő padang rumput (bit)hagi, beitiland pascolo 牧場 목초지 ganykla ganības padang rumput ternak weiland beite, eng pastwisko pastagem păşune пастбище pastva pašnik pašnjak betesmark ทุ่งเลี้ยงสัตว์ otlak, mera 牧場 пасовище, вигін چراگاہ đồng cỏ 牧场