English Dictionary: PASTURE | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pasture \Pas"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pastured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pasturing}.] 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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pasture \Pas"ture\, v. i. To feed on growing grass; to graze. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pasture \Pas"ture\, n. [OF. pasture, F. p[83]ture, L. pastura, fr. pascere, pastum, to pasture, to feed. See {Pastor}.] 1. Food; nourishment. [Obs.] Toads and frogs his pasture poisonous. --Spenser. 2. Specifically: Grass growing for the food of cattle; the food of cattle taken by grazing. 3. Grass land for cattle, horses, etc.; pasturage. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. --Ps. xxiii. 2. So graze as you find pasture. --Shak. |