pasture

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Land, specifically, an open field, on which livestock is kept for feeding.
2. (countable, uncountable) Ground covered with grass or herbage, used or suitable for the grazing of livestock.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Food, nourishment.

Verb

1. (transitive) To move animals into a pasture.
2. (intransitive) To graze.
3. (transitive) To feed, especially on growing grass; to supply grass as food for.

Synonyms

graze

meadow

grassland

field

browse

grass

pasturage

forage

grazing land

fodder

shepherd

crop

lea

grazing

feed

grazing ground

range

lawn

farm

prairie

herd

eatage

tend

garden

pastureland

fodder plant

common

herb

🌿

nourishment

ley

food

🍽️

shieling

grazing-land

virgin land

browze

feed on grass

livestock farm

grazing area

forage grass

hay crop

pasture plant

forage grasses

lawn ley

aliment

meader

barley

draw

eat

🍽️

eat away

enclosure

Translations

pâturage

Weide

pasto

pascolo

pâture

pradera

weide

pâturer

weiland

pré

prairie

Wiese

paître

pasto

wei

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɑːs.tjə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: pasture

In summary

From Middle English pasture, pastoure, borrowed from Anglo-Norman pastour, Old French pasture, from Latin pāstūra, from the stem of pāscō (“to feed, graze”).