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pasture

  (păs'chər)

1. 1. Grass or other vegetation eaten as food by grazing animals.
   2. Ground on which such vegetation grows, especially that which is set aside for use by domestic grazing animals.
2. The feeding or grazing of animals.

1. To herd (animals) into a pasture to graze.
2. To provide (animals) with pasturage. Used of land.
3. 1. To graze on (land or vegetation).
   2. To use (land) as pasture.

To graze in a pasture.

put out to pasture

1. To herd (grazing animals) into pasturable land.
2. Informal. To retire or compel to retire from work or a full workload.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin pāstūra, from Latin pāstus, past participle of pāscere, to feed.]

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Land with forage plants used for grazing animals.

The system of management based on the use of pasture as the principal source of dietary energy.

Cattle herd grazing in pasture.

Pasture is land with herbaceous vegetation cover used for grazing of ungulate livestock as part of a farm or ranch. Prior to the advent of mechanized farming, pasture was the primary source of food for grazing animals such as cattle and horses. It is still used extensively, particularly in arid regions where pasture land is unsuitable for any other agricultural production. In more humid regions, pasture grazing is exploited extensively for free range and organic farming.

Pasture growth can consist of grasses, legumes, other forbs, shrubs or a mixture. Soil type, minimum annual temperature, and rainfall are important factors in pasture management.

See also

• Transhumance
• Coastal plain
• Field
• Flooded grasslands and savannas
• Flood-meadow
• Grassland
• Machair
• Meadow
• Plain
• Plateau
• Prairie
• Rangeland
• Savanna
• Steppe
• Water-meadow
• Wet meadow
• Veld

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - græsning, græsgang
v. tr. - sætte på græs
v. intr. - græsse

idioms:

• greener pastures    grønnere græsgange
• pastures new    ny græsgang
• put out to pasture    sætte på græs

Nederlands (Dutch)
weiland, voeder, grazen, weiden

Français (French)
n. - pré, pâturage, droit de pacage, herbe
v. tr. - faire paître
v. intr. - paître

idioms:

• greener pastures    changer d'horizons
• pastures new    changer d'horizons
• put out to pasture    (lit) mettre au pré ou au pâturage, (fig) mettre à la retraite

Deutsch (German)
n. - Weide(land), Futter
v. - grasen, weiden

idioms:

• greener pastures    bessere Bedingungen
• pastures new    etwas Neues
• put out to pasture    weiden lassen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - βοσκότοπος, λιβάδι, βοσκή
v. - βόσκω

idioms:

• greener pastures    αιώνιες μονές
• pastures new    νέες βοσκές, νέα λημέρια
• put out to pasture    βγάζω για βόσκημα, (μτφ.) αποστρατεύω, συνταξιοδοτώ

Italiano (Italian)
pascolare, pascolo, foraggio

idioms:

• greener pastures    situazioni migliori
• pastures new    posizione nuova
• put out to pasture    pensionare, mandare in pensione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pastagem (f)
v. - pastorear, pastar

idioms:

• greener pastures    pastos mais verdes
• pastures new    situação melhor
• put out to pasture    levar a pastar

Русский (Russian)
пастись, пастбище, корм

idioms:

• greener pastures    там, где лучше
• pastures new    новые горизонты
• put out to pasture    пасти, отпускать/отправлять на пенсию

Español (Spanish)
n. - prado, dehesa, pasto, forraje, pastura
v. tr. - pastar, pacer, apacentar, pastorear
v. intr. - pastar, pacer, apacentarse

idioms:

• greener pastures    mejores condiciones, nuevos horizontes
• pastures new    mejores condiciones, nuevos horizontes
• put out to pasture    sacar a pastar, echar como a caballo viejo, jubilar, mandar a cuarteles de invierno

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - betesmark
v. - beta

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
牧场, 牧草, 草地, 放牧, 吃草

idioms:

• greener pastures    好地方, 更好的职位
• pastures new    好地方, 更好的职位
• put out to pasture    放牧

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 牧場, 牧草, 草地
v. tr. - 放牧
v. intr. - 吃草

idioms:

• greener pastures    好地方, 更好的職位
• pastures new    好地方, 更好的職位
• put out to pasture    放牧

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 목장, 목초, 야구장(의 외야)
v. tr. - 풀을 뜯기다, 방목하다, 목장으로 쓰다
v. intr. - 풀을 먹다

idioms:

• put out to pasture    목초지에 내놓다, 처분하다, 은퇴 시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 牧草地, 放牧場, 牧草
v. - 放牧する, 食べる

idioms:

• greener pastures    今より魅力的な場所
• put out to pasture    引退させる, お払い箱にする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مرعى, مرج, رعي (فعل) يرعى, يتخذه مرعى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שדה-מרעה, אחו‬
v. tr. - ‮רעה‬
v. intr. - ‮רעה‬

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