Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

pasture

[pas-cher, pahs-] / ˈpæs tʃər, ˈpɑs- /
NOUN
field for animals
Synonyms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

These ranchers have also grappled with high costs for necessities like animal feed, pasture maintenance and farm labor.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

Out to pasture: The Cold War spy thriller “Ponies” has been canceled after just one season.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

"This will be our last year," Deliev said, driving his cows to pasture in the Rhodope mountains.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

"The middle class was shown this green pasture," he says.

From BBC May 26, 2026

“From the garden patch, where we’re living, to the edge of the pasture by the stream.”

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien

But that focus on greener pastures is as persistent as the apparent blood feud between Texas and Tennessee.

From Salon Aug. 3, 2026

Drought conditions on cattle pastures have limited how many animals ranchers have been able to produce in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

If Lily, Mopple and the rest can set their part of the world right, there’s no reason we can’t find our way to better pastures, too.

From Salon May 17, 2026

"Our pastures have been closed off because of an exploratory drilling plan for a gold mine," said Nuriye Dilek, a 48-year-old livestock farmer.

From Barron's May 15, 2026

As the coffin was lowered into the ground, the minister recited the psalm about lying down in green pastures and walking through the shadow of the valley of death and fearing no evil.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

More recently, Lake, who grows vegetables such as asparagus, tomatoes and zucchini, as well as pastured meat, has been using software and an app from a company called Tend.

From BBC Jan. 19, 2026

Cows and sheep should not be allowed to roam over public lands and should be pastured in fenced areas and protected by guard dogs.

From Seattle Times Oct. 10, 2023

When pastured animals graze in areas that are dry or in drought, the pastures are often irrigated or the animals are given feed.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2022

Lee sources the beef for her burgers from Seven Hills Food, the slaughterhouse and processing facility that specializes in pastured Virginia beef.

From Washington Post Aug. 17, 2021

All morning, Matilde and I pastured the cows and sheep together, with Cheetah close at my side.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

In the past 30 years, swaths of Nicaragua's vast Caribbean forests have been destroyed by settlers clearing land for agriculture, ranchers pasturing cattle, and loggers harvesting precious wood.

From Salon Oct. 12, 2020

“We need to witness our own limits transgressed, and some life pasturing freely where we never wander.”

From The New Yorker Oct. 19, 2015

“And what is the history? The horse pasturing has been going on for a long time there with no objection.”

From Seattle Times Jan. 24, 2015

The horse in question, Raisa, might have expected a quiet pasturing after a working life carrying members of the Metropolitan Police Service.

From Time Mar. 28, 2012

More and more, I find myself hovering at the edge of the schoolyard, always with an excuse, like picking avocadoes from the trees by the fence, or pasturing the cow.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau




Vocabulary lists containing pasture


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training