pasture

nounfield for animals

Synonyms for pasture

noun field for animals

Word Origin & History

c.1300, "grass eaten by cattle," from Old French pasture "fodder, grass eaten by cattle" (12c., Modern French pâture), from Late Latin pastura "a feeding, grazing," from Latin pastus, past participle of pascere "to feed, graze" (see pastor). Meaning "land covered with vegetation suitable for grazing" is from early 14c. To be out to pasture "retired" is from 1945, from what was done (ideally) to horses after the active working life.

Example Sentences for pasture

In the dewy mornings, she hop-skipped and jumped by his side into the pasture to bring in the cows.

He could run a mower, and clean a pasture of weeds in a day.

After entering the pasture, the princess paused and looked around.

Down in the pasture at the end of the lane lived an old woodchuck.

Butter and milk, the produce of their own pasture, were of course supplied.

The best time for making cheese is when the pasture is in perfection.

And what about the garden, and the fruit, if you turn the water all down into the pasture?

I walked up through the pasture and passed the "Great Ledge."

Tusser also describes this use of land alternately as pasture and arable.

Land which was in part already abandoned, was turned into pasture.

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Synonyms for pasture

farm

feed on

feeding on

field

fields

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Synonyms for pasture

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