pasture
noun
[ ˈpɑːstʃə ]
• land covered with grass and other low plants suitable for grazing animals, especially cattle or sheep.
• "areas of rich meadow pasture"
Similar:
grazing land,
grazing,
grassland,
grass,
pastureland,
pasturage,
range,
ley,
paddock,
croft,
meadow,
field,
water meadow,
sheep walk,
shieling,
bent,
lea,
mead,
greensward,
sward,
bawn,
run,
veld,
alp,
bocage,
potrero,
• used to refer to a person's situation in life.
• "she left the office for pastures new"
pasture
verb
• put (animals) to graze in a pasture.
• "they pastured their cows in the water meadow"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin pastura ‘grazing’, from past- ‘grazed’, from the verb pascere .
