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pasture

pas·ture [ páschər ]


noun  (plural pas·tures)
Definition:
 
1. land for grazing: grass-covered land used for grazing livestock

2. plants for grazing: grass and other growing plants that are suitable food for livestock



transitive and intransitive verb  (past and past participle pas·tured, present participle pas·tur·ing, 3rd person present singular pas·tures)
Definition:
 
graze: to graze, or put livestock somewhere to graze

[13th century. Via French< late Latin pastura< Latin past-, past participle of pascere "feed, graze"]

put somebody out to pasture to impose early retirement on somebody (informal)

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