pasture
Land, specifically, an open field, on which livestock is kept for feedingLand, specifically, an open field, on which livestock is kept for feeding.
» There are a lot of sheep in the pasture.
Auf der Weide gibt es viele Schafe. — xtofu80
На пастбище много овец. — Balamax
На пастбище пасутся много овец. — Balamax
Zifre · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)Land, specifically, an open field, on which livestock is kept for feeding.
Weide
па́стбищеpástbišče, вы́пасvýpas, вы́гонvýgon
ви́пасvýpas, ви́гінvýhin, пасови́щеpasovýšče
a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
(countable, uncountable)Ground covered with grass or herbage, used or suitable for the grazing of livestock.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Food, nourishment.
Examples
69 sentencesThere are a lot of sheep in the pasture.
ruНа пастбище много овец. — Balamax
deAuf der Weide gibt es viele Schafe. — xtofu80
That pasture is ten acres.
ruЭто пастбище десять акров. — corvard
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. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
The pasture is full of weeds.
deDie Weide ist voller Unkraut. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The cows grazed in the pasture.
Translations
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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
plural: pasturesSynonyms
10 synonymsWord family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.