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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pasture has 2 senses
- pasture(n = noun.location) grazing land, lea, ley, pastureland - a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock; Array has particulars: common land, commons, cow pasture
- pasture(n = noun.food) eatage, forage, grass, pasturage - bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle; Array is a kind of fodder
is a kind of grassland
is a part of country, rural area
Derived forms verb pasture2, verb pasture1
Derived forms verb pasture2, verb pasture1
Verb pasture has 2 senses
- pasture(v = verb.contact) crop, graze - let feed in a field or pasture or meadow; Array is one way to feed, give
- pasture(v = verb.contact) browse, crop, graze, range - feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" is one way to eat, feed
Derived forms noun pasturage2, noun pasture2, noun pasture1
Sample sentence:
They pasture the animals
Derived forms noun pasturage2, noun pasture2, noun pasture1
Sample sentence:
The animals pasture
CIDE DICTIONARY
pasture, n. [OF. pasture, F. pâture, L. pastura, fr. pascere, pastum, to pasture, to feed. See Pastor.].
- Food; nourishment. [1913 Webster]"Toads and frogs his pasture poisonous." [1913 Webster]
- Specifically: Grass growing for the food of cattle; the food of cattle taken by grazing. [1913 Webster]
- Grass land for cattle, horses, etc.; pasturage. [1913 Webster]"He maketh me to lie down in green pastures." [1913 Webster]"So graze as you find pasture." [1913 Webster]
pasture, v. t.
To feed, esp. to feed on growing grass; to supply grass as food for; as, the farmer pastures fifty oxen; the land will pasture forty cows. [1913 Webster]
pasture, v. i.
To feed on growing grass; to graze. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pasture, n. & v.
--n.
1 land covered with grass etc. suitable for grazing animals, esp. cattle or sheep.
2 herbage for animals.
--v.
1 tr. put (animals) to graze in a pasture.
2 intr. & tr. (of animals) graze.
--n.
1 land covered with grass etc. suitable for grazing animals, esp. cattle or sheep.
2 herbage for animals.
--v.
1 tr. put (animals) to graze in a pasture.
2 intr. & tr. (of animals) graze.
Etymology
ME f. OF f. LL pastura (as PASTOR)
THESAURUS
pasture
appetite, arable land, barley, barnyard, barton, batten upon, bird seed, board, bran, bread, browse, campo, cannibalism, carnivorism, carnivority, carnivorousness, cat food, cattle ranch, chewing, chicken farm, chicken feed, chop, collective farm, consumption, corn, cotton plantation, croft, crop, cropping, dairy farm, deglutition, demesne, demesne farm, devouring, devourment, dieting, dine, dining, dog food, dry farm, dude ranch, eatage, epulation, factory farm, fallow, farm, farmery, farmhold, farmland, farmplace, farmstead, farmyard, fatten on, fatten upon, feast on, feast upon, feasting, feed, feed on, feeding, fodder, forage, fruit farm, fur farm, gluttony, gobbling, grain, grain farm, grange, grass, grass veld, grassland, gratify, graze, grazing, hacienda, haugh, haughland, hay, herbivorism, herbivority, herbivorousness, homecroft, homefarm, homestead, hunger, ingestion, kibbutz, kolkhoz, lea, licking, live on, llano, location, mains, manducation, manor farm, mash, mastication, mead, meadow, meadow land, meal, meat, mess, messing, munching, nibbling, nutrition, oats, omnivorism, omnivorousness, omophagy, orchard, pampa, pampas, pantophagy, park, pasturage, pasture land, pasture on, pasturing, pecking, pen, pet food, plantation, poultry farm, prairie, prey on, provender, provision, ranch, rancheria, rancho, range, regale, regalement, relishing, rumination, satisfy, savanna, savoring, scratch, scratch feed, sheep farm, silage, slops, station, steading, steppe, steppeland, stock farm, straw, sustain, swale, swill, tasting, toft, truck farm, vega, vegetarianism, veld, wheat, wine and dine, wolfingROGET THESAURUS
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Food
N food, eating, deglutition, gulp, epulation, mastication, manducation, rumination, gluttony, hippophagy, ichthyophagy, (appetite), mouth, jaws, mandible, mazard, gob, chops, drinking, potation, draught, libation, carousal, drunkenness, food, pabulum, aliment, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, sustentation, sustention, nurture, subsistence, provender, corn, feed, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board, commissariat, prey, forage, pasture, pasturage, fare, cheer, diet, dietary, regimen, belly timber, staff of life, bread, bread and cheese, comestibles, eatables, victuals, edibles, ingesta, grub, grubstake, prog, meat, bread, bread stuffs, cerealia, cereals, viands, cates, delicacy, dainty, creature comforts, contents of the larder, fleshpots, festal board, ambrosia, good cheer, good living, beef, bisquit, bun, cornstarch, cookie, cooky, cracker, doughnut, fatling, hardtack, hoecake, hominy, mutton, pilot bread, pork, roti, rusk, ship biscuit, veal, joint, piece de resistance, roast and boiled, remove, entremet, releve, hash, rechauffe, stew, ragout, fricassee, mince, pottage, potage, broth, soup, consomme, puree, spoonmeat, pie, pasty, volauvent, pudding, omelet, pastry, sweets, kickshaws, condiment, appetizer, hors d'oeuvre, main course, entree, alligator pear, apple, apple slump, artichoke, ashcake, griddlecake, pancake, flapjack, atole, avocado, banana, beche de mer, barbecue, beefsteak, beet root, blackberry, blancmange, bloater, bouilli, bouillon, breadfruit, chop suey, chowder, chupatty, clam, compote, damper, fish, frumenty, grapes, hasty pudding, ice cream, lettuce, mango, mangosteen, mince pie, oatmeal, oyster, pineapple, porridge, porterhouse steak, salmis, sauerkraut, sea slug, sturgeon ("Albany beef"), succotash, supawn, trepang, vanilla, waffle, walnut, table, cuisine, bill of fare, menu, table d'hote, ordinary, entree, meal, repast, feed, spread, mess, dish, plate, course, regale, regalement, refreshment, entertainment, refection, collation, picnic, feast, banquet, junket, breakfast, lunch, luncheon, dejeuner, bever, tiffin, dinner, supper, snack, junk food, fast food, whet, bait, dessert, potluck, table d'hote, dejeuner a la fourchette, hearty meal, square meal, substantial meal, full meal, blowout, light refreshment, bara, chotahazri, bara khana, mouthful, bolus, gobbet, morsel, sop, sippet, drink, beverage, liquor, broth, soup, potion, dram, draught, drench, swill, nip, sip, sup, gulp, wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John Barleycorn, stingo, heavy wet, grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus, cup, bishop, wassail, gin, coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates, bock beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer, Brazil tea, cider, claret, ice water, mate, mint julep, near beer, 2 beer, non- alcoholic beverage, eating house, diner, hippophage, glutton, eatable, edible, esculent, comestible, alimentary, cereal, cibarious, dietetic, culinary, nutritive, nutritious, gastric, succulent, potable, potulent, bibulous, omnivorous, carnivorous, herbivorous, granivorous, graminivorous, phytivorous, ichthyivorous, omophagic, omophagous, pantophagous, phytophagous, xylophagous, across the walnuts and the wine, blessed hour of our dinners!, now good digestion wait on appetite, and health on both!, who can cloy the hungry edge of appetite?.Vegetable
N vegetable, vegetable kingdom, flora, verdure, plant, tree, shrub, bush, creeper, herb, herbage, grass, annual, perennial, biennial, triennial, exotic, timber, forest, wood, woodlands, timberland, hurst, frith, holt, weald, park, chase, greenwood, brake, grove, copse, coppice, bocage, tope, clump of trees, thicket, spinet, spinney, underwood, brushwood, scrub, boscage, bosk, ceja, chaparal, motte, arboretum, bush, jungle, prairie, heath, heather, fern, bracken, furze, gorse, whin, grass, turf, pasture, pasturage, turbary, sedge, rush, weed, fungus, mushroom, toadstool, lichen, moss, conferva, mold, growth, alfalfa, alfilaria, banyan, blow, blowth, floret, petiole, pin grass, timothy, yam, yew, zinnia, foliage, branch, bough, ramage, stem, tigella, spray, leaf, flower, blossom, bine, flowering plant, timber tree, fruit tree, pulse, legume, vegetable, vegetal, vegetive, vegitous, herbaceous, herbal, botanic, sylvan, silvan, arborary, arboreous, arborescent, arborical, woody, grassy, verdant, verdurous, floral, mossy, lignous, ligneous, wooden, leguminous, vosky, cespitose, turf-like, turfy, endogenous, exogenous, green-robed senators of mighty woods, this is the forest primeval.
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