Meanings
nounpasture (countable and uncountable, plural pastures)
plural pastures
- countableuncountableGround covered with grass or herbage, used or suitable for the grazing of livestock.
So graze as you find pasture.
1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv]1 more example
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalm 23:2Synonyms: leasow
- countableobsoleteuncountableFood, nourishment.
Ne euer is he wont on ought to feed, / But toades and frogs, his pasture poysonous […].
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC1 more example
It was reserved for Christians to torture bread, the staff of life, bread for which children in whole districts wail, bread, the gift of pasture to the poor, bread, for want of which thousands of our fellow beings annually perish by famine; it was reserved for Christians to torture the material of bread by fire, to create a chemical and maddening poison, burning up the brain and brutalizing the soul, and producing evils to humanity, in comparison of which, war, pestilence, and famine, cease to be evils.
1831 July 15, “Of the Blood”, in Western Journal of Health, volume 4, number 1, L. B. Lincoln, page 38
Synonyms & antonyms
nounGround covered with grass or herbage, used or suitable for the grazing of livestock.
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nouna field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
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Broader
nounbulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*péh₂sti
- Proto-Italic*pāskōr
- Latinpāscor
- Latinpastūra
- Anglo-Normanpastour
- Middle Englishpasture
- Englishpasture
Inherited from Middle English pasture, borrowed from Anglo-Norman pastour, from Latin pastūra, from pāscor + -tūra.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans weiveld, wei
- weiveldland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- weito herd animals into a pasture
Ancient Greek βοτάνη, νομός
- βοτάνη (botánē)land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- νομός (nomós)land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Arabic مَرْعًى, مَسْرَح
- مَرْعًى (marʕan)land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- مَسْرَح (masraḥ)land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Bengali চারণভূমি
- চারণভূমি (caronbhumi)land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Bulgarian па́сище, па́сбище
- па́сище (pásište)land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- па́сбище (pásbište)land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- па́ша (páša)land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- паса (pasa)to herd animals into a pasture
Catalan prat, pastura
- pratland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- pasturaland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- pasturarto herd animals into a pasture
Chinese Cantonese 牧場 /牧场
- 牧場 /牧场 (muk⁶ coeng⁴)land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Chinese Mandarin 牧場 /牧场, 牧草地
- 牧場 /牧场 (mùchǎng)land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- 牧草地 (mùcǎodì)land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Czech pastvina
- pastvinaland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Danish græsgang
- græsgangland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Dutch weiland, weide
- weilandland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- weideland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Estonian karjamaa
- karjamaaland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Finnish laidun, laidunmaa
- laidunland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- laidunmaaland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- laiduntaato herd animals into a pasture
French pâture, pâturage
- pâtureland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- pâturageland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- préland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- prairieland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
German Weide, weiden
- Weideland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- weidento herd animals into a pasture
Greek βοσκότοπος, λιβάδι
- βοσκότοπος (voskótopos)land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- λιβάδι (livádi)land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- βόσκω (vósko)to herd animals into a pasture
Hindi चरागाह, चरणभूमि
- चरागाह (carāgāh)land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- चरणभूमि (caraṇbhūmi)land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Hungarian legelő, legeltet
- legelőland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- legeltetto herd animals into a pasture
Icelandic beitiland
- beitilandland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Indonesian padang rumput
- padang rumputland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Irish féarach, tuar
- féarachland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- tuarland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- buaileland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- cuibhreannland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Italian pastura, pascolo
- pasturaland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- pascololand on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- pascolareto herd animals into a pasture
Japanese 牧草地, 牧草
- 牧草地 (bokusōchi)land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- 牧草 (bokusō)land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- 放牧する (hōboku suru)to herd animals into a pasture
Korean 목장, 목초지
- 목장 (mokjang)land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- 목초지 (mokchoji)land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Latin pāstus, pāscuum
- pāstusland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- pāscuumland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- pābulātiōland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Latvian ganības
- ganībasland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Lithuanian ganyklà
- ganyklàland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Malay padang rumput
- padang rumputland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Norwegian Bokmål beite, beitemark
- beiteland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- beitemarkland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Polish pastwisko, paść
- pastwiskoland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- paśćto herd animals into a pasture
Portuguese pasto, pastadouro
- pastoland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- pastadouroland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- pastadoiroland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Romanian pășune, imaș
- pășuneland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- imașland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- păstorito herd animals into a pasture
- pășunato herd animals into a pasture
- pașteto herd animals into a pasture
Russian па́стбище, вы́пас
- па́стбище (pástbišče)land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- вы́пас (výpas)land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- вы́гон (výgon)land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- пасти́ (pastí)to herd animals into a pasture
Slovak pastvina, pasienok
- pastvinaland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- pasienokland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Spanish pasto, pradera
- pastoland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- praderaland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- dehesaland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- pradoland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- acampoland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- pastizalland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- alijarland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- alijaresland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- adempríoland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- ademprioland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- pastarto herd animals into a pasture
Swedish betesmark, bete
- betesmarkland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- beteland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- beteshageland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Thai ทุ่งหญ้า, ทุ่งเลี้ยงสัตว์
- ทุ่งหญ้า (tûng-yâa)land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- ทุ่งเลี้ยงสัตว์ (tûng-líiang-sàt)land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- ทุ่งหญ้าเลี้ยงสัตว์ (tûng-yâa-líiang-sàt)land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Turkish otlak, mera
- otlakland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- meraland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Ukrainian ви́пас, ви́гін
- ви́пас (výpas)land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- ви́гін (výhin)land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- пасови́ще (pasovýšče)land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- пасови́сько (pasovýsʹko)land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Urdu چَرا گاہ, چَراگاہ
- چَرا گاہ (carā gāh)land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- چَراگاہ (carāgāh)land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Vietnamese bãi chăn, đồng cỏ
- bãi chănland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
- đồng cỏland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Welsh porfa
- porfaland on which cattle can be kept for feeding
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