pasture

Definition of pasture

Nouns

a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
Synonyms:
grazing land, lea, ley, pastureland
Types:
common land, commons
a pasture subject to common use
cow pasture
a pasture for cows
Type of:
grassland
land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life
bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
Synonyms:
eatage, forage, grass, pasturage
Type of:
fodder
coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop

Verbs

let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
Synonyms:
crop, graze
browse, range
feed as in a meadow or pasture
Types:
grass
feed with grass
drift
drive slowly and far afield for grazing
Type of:
feed, give
give food to
feed as in a meadow or pasture
Synonyms:
browse, crop, graze, range
Type of:
eat, feed
take in food; used of animals only

Vocabulary Lists for pasture

George Orwell's "Animal Farm" »(363 words)
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E.B. White's "Charlotte's Web" »(115 words)
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E.B. White's "Charlotte's Web" (comprehensive) »(347 words)
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Charles Frazier's "Cold Mountain" Chapter 1 »(262 words)
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Katherine Paterson's "Bridge to Terabithia" »(197 words)
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Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" Chapters 1-10 »(164 words)
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  • nauseate
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Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" Chapters 11-20 »(180 words)
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  • ambidextrous
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Animal Farm »(373 words)
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Jack London's White Fang - Part 1 »(323 words)
An excellent vocabulary list for the first part of Jack...
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