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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pasture  \Pas"ture\,  n.  [OF.  pasture,  F.  p[^a]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. 
 
  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  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pasture 
  n  1:  a  field  covered  with  grass  or  herbage  and  suitable  for 
  grazing  by  livestock  [syn:  {pastureland},  {grazing  land}, 
  {lea},  {ley}] 
  2:  animal  food  for  browsing  or  grazing  [syn:  {eatage},  {forage}, 
  {pasturage},  {grass}] 
  v  1:  let  (animals)  feed  in  a  field  or  pasture  or  meadow  [syn:  {crop}, 
  {graze}] 
  2:  feed  as  in  a  meadow  or  pasture;  "the  herd  was  grazing"  [syn: 
  {crop},  {browse},  {graze},  {range}] 




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