Pasture
Pronunciation : Pas"ture
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OF. pasture, F. p?ture, L. pastura, fr. pascere, pastum, to pasture, to feed. See Pastor.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Pas"ture
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Pastured; p. pr. & vb. n. Pasturing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Pas"ture
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To feed on growing grass; to graze.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913