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| pas·ture [ páschər ] |
noun (plural pas·tures) |
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1. land for grazing: grass-covered land used for grazing livestock
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2. plants for grazing: grass and other growing plants that are suitable food for livestock
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transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle pas·tured, present participle pas·tur·ing, 3rd person present singular pas·tures) |
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graze: to graze, or put livestock somewhere to graze
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| [13th century. Via French< late Latin pastura< Latin past-, past participle of pascere "feed, graze"] |
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put somebody out to pasture to impose early retirement on somebody (informal)
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