pasture (redirected from pasture ley)

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

Noun

1. land covered with grass, suitable for grazing by farm animals

2. the grass growing on this land [Latin 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.

Translations

pasture [ˈpɑːstʃəʳ] n (= grass) → pasto

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pasture [ˈpɑːstʃəʳ] n → pâturage m

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pasture [ˈpɑːstʃəʳ] n → Weide f

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pasture [ˈpɑːstʃəʳ] n → pascolo