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  • 21pasture — pastural, adj. pastureless, adj. pasturer, n. /pas cheuhr, pahs /, n., v., pastured, pasturing. n. 1. Also called pastureland /pas cheuhr land , pahs /. an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock;… …

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  • 22pasture — [[t]pɑ͟ːstʃə(r), pæ̱s [/t]] pastures 1) N VAR Pasture is land with grass growing on it for farm animals to eat. The cows are out now, grazing in the pasture. ...mountain pastures. 2) PHRASE: prep PHR, v PHR If someone leaves for greener pastures …

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  • 23pasture — pas•ture [[t]ˈpæs tʃər, ˈpɑs [/t]] n. v. tured, tur•ing 1) agr. Also called pas′ture•land [[t] ˌlænd[/t]] an area of ground covered with plants suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland. 2) agr. grass or other plants for feeding livestock… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 24pasture — noun 1》 land covered mainly with grass, suitable for grazing cattle or sheep. 2》 grass and herbage growing on such land. verb put (animals) to graze in a pasture. Phrases pastures new somewhere offering new opportunities. [suggested by ‘Tomorrow… …

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  • 25pasture — I UK [ˈpɑːstʃə(r)] / US [ˈpærstʃə] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms pasture : singular pasture plural pastures land covered with grass where sheep, cows etc are kept 100 acres of pasture and woodland green/rich/lush pastures • (fresh… …

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  • 26pasture — pas|ture1 [ˈpa:stʃə US ˈpæstʃər] n [U and C] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Late Latin pastura, from Latin pascere to feed ] 1.) land or a field that is covered with grass and is used for cattle, sheep etc to feed on ▪ large areas of… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27pasture — 1 noun (C, U) 1 land or a field that is covered with grass and is used for cattle, sheep etc to feed on: Stone walls divided pasture from arable land. | the rolling pastures of southern England 2 put sth/sb out to pasture a) to move cattle,… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 28pasture — n 1. range, grazing ground, grass, grassland, pastureland, Scot. shieling; meadow, meadow land, lea, Archaic. mead. 2. feed; pasturage. See pasturage(def. 1). v 3. fodder, grass, put or turn out to pasture. 4.(all of livestock) forage, graze,… …

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  • 29turn out — I. (Active.) 1. Expel, drive out, turn adrift. 2. Put to pasture, put out to pasture. 3. Produce, furnish, manufacture, make, accomplish, do. II. (Neuter.) 1. Bend outward, project. 2. Issue, result, prove, eventuate. 3 …

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  • 30To put to grass — Grass Grass, n. [OE. gras, gres, gers, AS, gr[ae]s, g[ae]rs; akin to OFries. gres, gers, OS., D., G., Icel., & Goth. gras, Dan. gr[ae]s, Sw. gr[aum]s, and prob. to E. green, grow. Cf. {Graze}.] 1. Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English