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- [pas-cher, pahs-]
- /ˈpæs tʃər, ˈpɑs-/
- /ˈpɑːs.tʃər/
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- [pas-cher, pahs-]
- /ˈpæs tʃər, ˈpɑs-/
Definitions of pasture word
- noun pasture Rogier [French raw-zhee-ey] /French rɔ ʒiˈeɪ/ (Show IPA), or Roger [French raw-zhey] /French rɔˈʒeɪ/ (Show IPA), de la [French duh-la] /French də la/ (Show IPA), Weyden, Rogier van der. 1
- verb with object pasture to feed (livestock) by putting them out to graze on pasture. 1
- verb with object pasture (of land) to furnish with pasture. 1
- verb with object pasture (of livestock) to graze upon. 1
- verb without object pasture (of livestock) to graze in a pasture. 1
- idioms pasture put out to pasture, to put in a pasture to graze. to dismiss, retire, or use sparingly as being past one's or its prime: Most of our older employees don't want to be put out to pasture. 1
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Origin of pasture
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English < Middle French < Late Latin pāstūra, equivalent to Latin pāst(us), past participle of pāscere to feed, pasture (cf. pastor) + -ūra -ure
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Parts of speech for Pasture
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pasture popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
pasture usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pasture
noun pasture
- arboretum — An arboretum is a specially designed garden of different types of trees.
- barley — Barley is a grain that is used to make food, beer, and whisky.
- campo — level or undulating savanna country, esp in the uplands of Brazil
- campos — a city in E Brazil, in E Rio de Janeiro state on the Paraíba River. Pop: 388 000 (2005 est)
- cropland — an area of land on which crops are grown
verb pasture
- graze — to touch or rub something lightly, or so as to produce slight abrasion, in passing: to graze against a rough wall.
- homesteaded — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
- homesteading — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
- husbanded — a married man, especially when considered in relation to his partner in marriage.
- husbanding — a married man, especially when considered in relation to his partner in marriage.
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