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v. t. To place in a pasture; to foster. [ R. ] T. Adams. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Fit for pasture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. pasturage, F. pâturage. See Pasture. ] 1. Grazing ground; grass land used for pasturing; pasture. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Grass growing for feed; grazing. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The business of feeding or grazing cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. pasture, F. pâture, L. pastura, fr. pascere, pastum, to pasture, to feed. See Pastor. ] 1. Food; nourishment. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Toads and frogs his pasture poisonous. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically: Grass growing for the food of cattle; the food of cattle taken by grazing. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Grass land for cattle, horses, etc.; pasturage. [ 1913 Webster ]

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. Ps. xxiii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

So graze as you find pasture. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pastured p. pr. & vb. n. Pasturing. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To feed on growing grass; to graze. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock; pasture.
Syn. -- pasture, grazing land, lea, ley. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Destitute of pasture. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who pastures; one who takes cattle to graze. See Agister. [ 1913 Webster ]