pasture
noun · verb
Simple meaning
A field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈpæstʃɚ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
“The cows spent the afternoon grazing in the pasture behind our barn.”
Land, specifically, an open field, on which livestock is kept for feeding.
verb
transitive
To feed, especially on growing grass; to supply grass as food for.
intransitive
To graze.
transitive
To move animals into a pasture.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B2 · Upper Intermediate
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- Neutral / general English
Word Aura™
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Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
Used this way, pasture is a common word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
“The cows spent the afternoon grazing in the pasture behind our barn.”
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Nearby words
- pastureland , rarer, so it draws attention
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More ways to use pasture
- “The cows spent the afternoon grazing in the pasture behind our barn.”noun
- “The cows grazed peacefully in the green pasture all afternoon.”noun
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Compound terms
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Large coarse fern often several feet high.
A pasture for cows.
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