Definition of pasture Pasture

/pæˈsʧɚ/ - [patscher] - pas•ture

We found 20 definitions of pasture from 7 different sources.

What does pasture mean?

Noun Plural: pastures
pasture - a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
		pastureland, grazing land, lea, ley
		grassland land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life
		rural area, country the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
		common land, commons a pasture subject to common use
pasture - bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
		eatage, forage, pasturage, grass
		fodder coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop

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pasture (Noun)
land on which cattle can be kept for feeding.
pasture (Noun)
Ground covered with grass or herbage, used or suitable for the grazing of livestock.
pasture (Noun)
Food, nourishment.
pasture (Verb)
To move animals into a pasture to graze.
pasture (Verb)
To graze.
pasture (Verb)
To feed, especially on growing grass; to supply grass as food for.

pasture (n.)
Food; nourishment.
pasture (n.)
Specifically: Grass growing for the food of cattle; the food of cattle taken by grazing.
pasture (n.)
Grass land for cattle, horses, etc.; pasturage.
pasture (v. t.)
To feed, esp. to feed on growing grass; to supply grass as food for; as, the farmer pastures fifty oxen; the land will pasture forty cows.
pasture (v. i.)
To feed on growing grass; to graze.

pasture
Land covered with grass or herbage and grazed by or suitable for grazing by livestock.
pasture
To put livestock into a field or pasture or meadow to graze.
pasture
(For livestock) To feed on grass or herbage from a pasture.
pasture
To feed as in a meadow or pasture.

pasture
past′ūr, n. grass for grazing: ground covered with grass for grazing.—v.t. to feed on pasture: to supply with grass.—v.i. to feed on pasture: to graze.—adj. Past′ūrable, that can be pastured: fit for pasture.—ns. Past′ūrage, the business of feeding or grazing cattle: pasture-land: grass for feeding; Past′ūre-land, land appropriated to pasture.—adj. Past′ūreless, destitute of pasture. [O. Fr. pasture (Fr. pâture)—L. pastura—pascĕre, pastum, to feed.]

A pasture is a piece of land. Usually grasses and herbs are grown on it. Then cattle is put on for "grazing". The cattle is later sold or slaughtered to provide meat.