pasture en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɑːst͡ʃə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- [-tjə] (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈpæst͡ʃəɹ/ (General-American)
- /ˈpæʃ-/ (General-American)
- /ˈpæs-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /-təɹ/ (General-American, dialectal)
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- Proto-Indo-European *péh₂sti Proto-Italic *pāskōr Latin pāscor Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin pastūra Anglo-Norman pastourbor. Middle English pasture English pasture Inherited from Middle English pasture, borrowed from Anglo-Norman pastour, from Latin pastūra, from pāscor + -tūra.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) Land, specifically, an open field, on which livestock is kept for feeding.
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(countable, uncountable) Ground 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]:He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalm 23:2:
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) Food, nourishment.
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: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, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pastures | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
grassture · depasture · impasture · pasture tick · pasture rose · black-headed pasture cockchafer · pasture thistle · pastural · put out to pasture · nonpasture · pasture day moth · pastureless · silvopasture · pastureland
Synonyms
Translations (153)
kw peurva (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · ota مرتع (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · tr mera (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · mn бэлчээр (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · ru вы́пас (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · cmn 牧草地 (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · th ทุ่งเลี้ยงสัตว์ (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · lv ganības (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · ro pășune (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · ka საძოვარი (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · lo ໂຄຈະຣະພູມ (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · fi laidunmaa (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · ko 목장 (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · hy արոտավայր (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · el λιβάδι (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · lo ທົ່ງຫຍ້າລ້ຽງສັດ (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · ps څړځاي (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · is beitiland (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · az örüş (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · ota اوتلاق (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · gl prado (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · bg па́сище (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · la pāscuum (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · ga tuar (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · hy արոտ (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · goh winne (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · sk pastvina (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · vec pastura (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · vi đồng cỏ (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · es pradera (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · be вы́пас (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · el βοσκότοπος (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · it pascolo (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · es dehesa (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · grc βοτάνη (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · es acampo (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · ang lǣs (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · ky жайыт (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · pt pasto (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · sv bete (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · ga buaile (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · tk öri (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · grc νομός (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · ar مَرْعًى (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · ja 牧草 (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · pl pastwisko (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · ga féarach (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · la pāstus (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · fr pâturage (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · ckb لەوەڕگا (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · fro pasture (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · fr pâture (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · cs pastvina (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · sq shtrungë (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · es ademprío (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · sh pȁšnjāk (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · ja 牧草地 (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · pox postvaistĕ (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · uk пасови́сько (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · kmr çêregeh (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · ms padang rumput (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · nrf pâtuthe (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · nn beitemark (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · lt ganyklà (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · ps څړ (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · da græsgang (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · es alijares (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · uk ви́гін (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · mk пасиште (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · hu legelő (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · mnc ᠨᡠᡴᡨᡝ (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · bg па́сбище (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · es pasto (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · ky жайлоо (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · ca pastura (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · fur pasture (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · bg па́ша (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · tt көтүлек (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · uk пасови́ще (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · sh па̏шња̄к (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · fa-ira چَراگاه (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · yue 牧場 /牧场 (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · km តិណភូមិ (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · hi चरणभूमि (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · uz yaylov (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · de Weide (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · uz oʻtloq (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · ug ئوتلاق (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · fr prairie (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · th ทุ่งหญ้าเลี้ยงสัตว์ (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · mn ᠪᠡᠯᠴᠢᠭᠡᠷ (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · ba көтөүлек (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · sv betesmark (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · hi चरागाह (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · sv beteshage (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · gl campo (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · gl pasto (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · sl pašnik (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · nl weiland (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · tg чарогоҳ (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · az otlaq (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · fi laidun (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · scn pastura (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · ru па́стбище (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · kk жайылым (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · my စားကျက် (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · es alijar (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · sah мэччирэҥ (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · pt pastadouro (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · ur چَراگاہ (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · ru вы́гон (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · et karjamaa (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · tr otlak (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · nl weide (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · be вы́гул (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · pt pastadoiro (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · ko 목초지 (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · ur چَرا گاہ (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · vi bãi chăn (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · ro imaș (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · cmn 牧場 /牧场 (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · sq luadh (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · nn beite (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · es ademprio (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · af weiveld (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · pdt Jräs (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · fur pasc (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · es prado (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · pdt Weid (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · ar مَسْرَح (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · lo ເຖື່ອນຫຍ້າ (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · th ทุ่งหญ้า (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · uk ви́пас (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · oc pastura (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · nb beitemark (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · sk pasienok (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · it pastura (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · la pābulātiō (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · fa-ira مَسْرَح (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · cy porfa (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · km វាលស្មៅ (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · ca prat (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · be вы́ган (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · be па́ша (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · es pastizal (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · rup pãshuni (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · chr ᏠᎨᏏ (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · nb beite (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · fr pré (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · fur passon (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · ga cuibhreann (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · id padang rumput (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) · bn চারণভূমি (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding)