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pas·ture
(păs′chər)n.
1.
a. A tract of land that supports grass or other vegetation eaten by domestic grazing animals.
b. Such vegetation, especially that eaten 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.
Idiom: To graze in a pasture.
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.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin pāstūra, from Latin pāstus, past participle of pāscere, to feed; see pā- in Indo-European roots.]
pas′tur·a·ble adj.
pas′tur·er n.
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pasture
(ˈpɑːstʃə)n
1. (Agriculture) land covered with grass or herbage and grazed by or suitable for grazing by livestock
2. (Agriculture) a specific tract of such land
3. (Agriculture) the grass or herbage growing on it
vb
(Agriculture) (tr) to cause (livestock) to graze or (of livestock) to graze (a pasture)
[C13: via Old French from Late Latin pāstūra, from pascere to feed]
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pas•ture
(ˈpæs tʃər, ˈpɑs-)n., v. -tured, -tur•ing. n.
1. Also called pas′ture•land` (-ˌlænd) an area of ground covered with plants suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
2. grass or other plants for feeding livestock.
v.t. 3. to feed (livestock) by putting out to graze on pasture.
4. (of land) to furnish with pasture.
5. (of livestock) to graze upon.
v.i. 6. (of livestock) to graze in a pasture.
Idioms: put out to pasture,
a. to put in a pasture to graze.
b. to dismiss or retire as being past one's prime.
[1250–1300; < Middle French < Late Latin pāstūra= Latin pāst(us), past participle of pāscere to feed]
pas′tur•al, adj.
pas′tur•er, n.
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pasture
Past participle: pastured
Gerund: pasturing
| Imperative |
|---|
| pasture |
| pasture |
| Present |
|---|
| I pasture |
| you pasture |
| he/she/it pastures |
| we pasture |
| you pasture |
| they pasture |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I pastured |
| you pastured |
| he/she/it pastured |
| we pastured |
| you pastured |
| they pastured |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am pasturing |
| you are pasturing |
| he/she/it is pasturing |
| we are pasturing |
| you are pasturing |
| they are pasturing |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have pastured |
| you have pastured |
| he/she/it has pastured |
| we have pastured |
| you have pastured |
| they have pastured |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was pasturing |
| you were pasturing |
| he/she/it was pasturing |
| we were pasturing |
| you were pasturing |
| they were pasturing |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had pastured |
| you had pastured |
| he/she/it had pastured |
| we had pastured |
| you had pastured |
| they had pastured |
| Future |
|---|
| I will pasture |
| you will pasture |
| he/she/it will pasture |
| we will pasture |
| you will pasture |
| they will pasture |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have pastured |
| you will have pastured |
| he/she/it will have pastured |
| we will have pastured |
| you will have pastured |
| they will have pastured |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be pasturing |
| you will be pasturing |
| he/she/it will be pasturing |
| we will be pasturing |
| you will be pasturing |
| they will be pasturing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been pasturing |
| you have been pasturing |
| he/she/it has been pasturing |
| we have been pasturing |
| you have been pasturing |
| they have been pasturing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been pasturing |
| you will have been pasturing |
| he/she/it will have been pasturing |
| we will have been pasturing |
| you will have been pasturing |
| they will have been pasturing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been pasturing |
| you had been pasturing |
| he/she/it had been pasturing |
| we had been pasturing |
| you had been pasturing |
| they had been pasturing |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would pasture |
| you would pasture |
| he/she/it would pasture |
| we would pasture |
| you would pasture |
| they would pasture |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have pastured |
| you would have pastured |
| he/she/it would have pastured |
| we would have pastured |
| you would have pastured |
| they would have pastured |
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Noun 1. [画像:pasture - a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock]pasture - a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
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. [画像:pasture - bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle]pasture - bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
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
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
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"
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"
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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.
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Translations
مَرْعى
pastva
enggræsmark
hagi, beitiland
ganykla
ganības
pasture
[ˈpɑːstʃəʳ]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
pasture
[ˈpɑːstʃər] n (for sheep, cows) → pâturage mto 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
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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
vi → grasen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
pasture
[ˈpɑːstʃəʳ] n → pascoloto put animals out to pasture → condurre gli animali al pascolo
to move on to pastures new (fig) → cambiare aria
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
pasture
(ˈpaːstʃə) noun 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 pastagem pastva die Weide eng; græsmark λιβάδι, βοσκοτόπι pasto karjamaa چراگاه laidun pâturage אחו चारागाह paša, pašnjak legelő padang rumput (bit)hagi, beitiland pascolo 牧場 목초지 ganykla ganības padang rumput ternak weiland beite, eng pastwisko وښياڼه، مالڅړ pastagem păşune пастбище pastva pašnik pašnjak betesmark ทุ่งเลี้ยงสัตว์ otlak, mera 牧場 пасовище, вигін چراگاہ đồng cỏ 牧场
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