pasture
pasture is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Specifically: Grass growing for the food of cattle; the food of cattle taken by grazing.
- 2.Grass land for cattle, horses, etc.; pasturage. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. Ps. xxiii.
- 3.So graze as you find pasture. Shak.
- 4.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.
- 5.To feed on growing grass; to graze.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is specifically: Grass growing for the food of cattle; the food of cattle taken by grazing called?
- What is grass land for cattle, horses, etc.; pasturage. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. Ps. xxiii called?
- What is 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 called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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