pasture

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pasture

/ˈpɑːst͡ʃə/ UK
/ˈpæs-/ UK
[-tjə] UK
/ˈpæst͡ʃəɹ/ US
/ˈpæʃ-/ US
/-təɹ/ US, dialectal

Rhymes with (RP) -ɑːstʃə, -ɑːstjə, (GA) -æstʃəɹ, (US, dialectal) -æstə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English pasture, borrowed from Anglo-Norman pastour, from Latin pastūra, from pāscor + -tūra.

noun pastures

countable, uncountable Land, specifically, an open field, on which livestock is kept for feeding.
countable, uncountable Ground covered with grass or herbage, used or suitable for the grazing of livestock. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
Similar: leasow
countable, obsolete, uncountable Food, nourishment. Ne euer is he wont on ought to feed, / But toades and frogs, his pasture poysonous […].

verb pastures · pasturing · pastured

transitive To move animals into a pasture.
intransitive To graze.
transitive To feed, especially on growing grass; to supply grass as food for. The farmer pastures fifty oxen.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: pastureland, pasturage, eatage, forage, crop, lea, graze, range, ley, grass, browse, grazing land, rangeland, grazing, ranch, pastoralist

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noun land on which cattle can be kept for feeding

Español	pasto, pradera, dehesa, prado, acampo, pastizal
한국어	목장 mokjang, 목초지 mokchoji
日本語	牧草地 bokusōchi, 牧草 bokusō
中文	牧場 /牧场 mùchǎng, 牧草地 mùcǎodì
हिन्दी	चरागाह carāgāh, चरणभूमि caraṇbhūmi
Português	pasto, pastadouro, pastadoiro
Français	pâture, pâturage, pré, prairie
Deutsch	Weide
Italiano	pastura, pascolo
Ελληνικά	βοσκότοπος voskótopos, λιβάδι livádi
Română	pășune, imaș
Русский	па́стбище pástbišče, вы́пас výpas, вы́гон výgon
Tiếng Việt	bãi chăn, đồng cỏ
العربية	مَرْعًى marʕan, مَسْرَح masraḥ

verb to herd animals into a pasture

Español	pastar
日本語	放牧する hōboku suru
Deutsch	weiden
Italiano	pascolare
Ελληνικά	βόσκω vósko
Română	păstori, pășuna, paște
Русский	пасти́ pastí

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@misc{pasture_2026,
  title = {pasture},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pasture},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}