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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5749 COCA: 6330

pasture

1 pasture /ˈpæstʃɚ/ Brit /ˈpɑːstʃə/ noun
plural pastures
1 pasture
/ˈpæstʃɚ/ Brit /ˈpɑːstʃə/
noun
plural pastures
Learner's definition of PASTURE
: a large area of land where animals feed on the grass牧场;牧草地
[count]
[noncount]

greener pastures

or British pastures new
: a new and better place or situation更好的地方;更好的境况

put (someone) out to pasture

: to force (someone) to leave a job because of old age因为某人年纪过大而辞退
sometimes used of things有时用于物体
2 pasture /ˈpæstʃɚ/ Brit /ˈpɑːstʃə/ verb
pastures; pastured; pasturing
2 pasture
/ˈpæstʃɚ/ Brit /ˈpɑːstʃə/
verb
pastures; pastured; pasturing
Learner's definition of PASTURE
[+ object]
: to put (an animal) in a pasture to feed on the grass放牧
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5749 COCA: 6330

pasture

1 of 2

noun

pas·​ture ˈpas-chər How to pronounce pasture (audio)
1
: plants (such as grass) grown for the feeding especially of grazing animals
2
: land or a plot of land used for grazing
3
: the feeding of livestock : grazing

pasture

2 of 2

verb

pastured; pasturing

transitive verb

1
: to feed (animals, such as cattle) on pasture
2
: to use as pasture

Example Sentences

Noun The horses were grazing in the pasture. Most of their land is pasture. Verb The horses are pastured on several acres of land. pasturing sheep on town lands was actually a cheaper alternative to mowing
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Camden, Maine Minutes from Camden Village and Harbor, this 1850 farmhouse comes with 31 acres of pasture, woods, lawns, and gardening space. The Week Staff, The Week, 28 Aug. 2022 In contrast, cattle can graze on pasture, which shifts the livestock balance back somewhat toward beef, mutton and dairy products. Bob Holmes, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Aug. 2022 What was once a thickly forested patch of land is now a pasture, complete with a pen full of goats chomping on grass on a recent summer day. oregonlive, 7 Aug. 2022 The Odessa operations would sprawl over 1,600 acres on a site known as Shoe Bar Ranch, which was historically a cow-calf operation covered with native pasture, mesquite and greasewood. Nicholas Kusnetz, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Aug. 2022 Bill Back Park — not a developed place but a long, open pasture fringed with pines — attracts swarms of birds and critters. Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 15 July 2022 The motionless bodies of adult sheep cover a rocky, green pasture while the wind whips in the background. Bayliss Wagner, USA TODAY, 30 June 2022 Faith Austin had her own rest stop — in the cow pasture of a friend’s home on Bassetts Bridge Road in Mansfield, which all the routes went by. Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2022 The friends start each day with hugs and kisses and often take mid-day naps together under a tree in the pasture. Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE.com, 1 Aug. 2022
Verb
And now, with Abbott as the critical darling of the Emmys and the torchbearer for network sitcoms typically put out to pasture in today's streaming age, more people than ever are paying attention. Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 9 Sep. 2022 Many admit their bodies take an extra day or two to recover, and that’s usually when NFL teams put them out to pasture. Omar Kelly, Sun Sentinel, 29 July 2022 But, at his second impeachment trial, in February, 2021, forty-three Republican senators prevented the two-thirds conviction vote that would have put him out to pasture. John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 23 July 2022 But in an industry that is obsessed with youth and newness, there is this tacit understanding that you’re supposed to be led out to pasture at my age to make room for the latest generation of entry-level fresh faces. Marjon Carlos, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 July 2022 Stan was put out to pasture in 2021, according to Southern Tire manager Connor Rhine. Kelly Kazek | Kkazek@al.com, al, 6 July 2022 Internet Explorer is finally headed out to pasture. Richard Jacobsen, Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2022 Internet Explorer is finally headed out to pasture. CBS News, 15 June 2022 And, of course, on some farms, K went out to pasture being called college basketball’s coaching GOAT. Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin pastura, from Latin pastus, past participle of pascere to feed — more at food

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of pasture was in the 14th century
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5749 COCA: 6330

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