noun

pasture

PAHST-shuh

noun

Land covered in grass used for grazing livestock.

"The cows were let out into the pasture after milking."

"Sheep grazed peacefully on the hillside pasture."

verb

To put animals out to graze, or (of animals) to graze.

"They pastured the horses in the lower field for the summer."

How to Use Pasture

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA grassy field for grazing animals, or the act of putting animals out to graze there.

Common mistake

"Put out to pasture" is also used figuratively for retiring someone or something from active use.

Common pairings

open pasture put out to pasture grazing pasture

pastured past tense, pastures plural, pastures singular

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From Latin pastura, related to pascere, "to feed" or "to graze."

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