pasture
To move animals into a pastureTo move animals into a pasture.
» There are a lot of sheep in the pasture.
Auf der Weide gibt es viele Schafe.
На пастбище много овец.
На пастбище пасутся много овец.
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To move animals into a pasture.
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пасти́pastí
feed as in a meadow or pasture
(intransitive)To graze.
(transitive)To feed, especially on growing grass; to supply grass as food for.
The farmer pastures fifty oxen.
The land will pasture forty cows.
Examples
69 sentencesThere are a lot of sheep in the pasture.
ruНа пастбище много овец.
deAuf der Weide gibt es viele Schafe.
That pasture is ten acres.
ruЭто пастбище десять акров.
Tom left Boston in pursuit of greener pastures and never looked back.
Том поїхав із Бостона у пошуках кращого життя, і ніколи не шкодував про свій вибір.
The pasture is full of weeds.
deDie Weide ist voller Unkraut.
The cows grazed in the pasture.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
Inherited from Middle English pasture, borrowed from Anglo-Norman pastour, from Latin pastInherited from Middle English pasture, borrowed from Anglo-Norman pastour, from Latin pastūra, from pāscor + -tūra.
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Forms
pastures, pasturing, pastured, pasturedSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle