Synonyms for pasture
ˈpæs tʃər, ˈpɑs-; -ˌlændpas·ture

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1. pasture, pastureland, grazing land, lea, leynoun

   a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock

   Synonyms:
   eatage, pasturage, ley, lea, pastureland, forage, grass, grazing land

2. eatage, forage, pasture, pasturage, grassverb

   bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle

   Synonyms:
   foraging, smoke, lea, gage, forage, green goddess, weed, grazing land, dope, herbage, sess, eatage, supergrass, skunk, pastureland, locoweed, pasturage, grass, pot, sens, ley

3. crop, graze, pastureverb

   let feed in a field or pasture or meadow

   Synonyms:
   crop, clip, snip, trim, cut back, graze, prune, range, lop, cultivate, work, dress, crease, rake, browse

4. crop, browse, graze, range, pastureverb

   feed as in a meadow or pasture

   "the herd was grazing"

   Synonyms:
   rove, vagabond, crease, dress, rank, ramble, clip, range, run, surf, stray, rake, browse, place, roll, trim, array, graze, cast, straddle, prune, wander, shop, grade, lay out, swan, tramp, crop, work, rate, cultivate, drift, cut back, snip, lop, order, roam, set out

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1. pasturenoun

   Synonyms:
   herbage, herbs, pasturage, grass, grazing land

2. pastureverb

   Synonyms:
   supply with pasturage, graze, turn out to pasture

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1. List of paraphrases for "pasture":

   grazing, pastures, pastureland, grassland, rangeland, pasturing, pastoralism, herding

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1. Henry David Thoreau, Walden:

   I see young men, my townsmen, whose misfortune it is to have inherited farms, houses, cattle, barns, and farming tools, for these are more easily acquired than gotten rid of. Better if they had been born in the open pasture and suckled by a wolf, that they might have seen with clearer eyes what field they were called to labour in.

2. Larry Tabb:

   With the foreign banks backing away, it's become a greener pasture for some of the U.S. prime businesses.

3. Ndiba Ngolicha:

   It has only rained for two days within the year but we have not lost a single cow to drought or lack of pasture. Our biggest challenge remains livestock diseases.

4. Nagirasia Lengima:

   I try to learn as much as possible because after the rains we will move to faraway places in search of pasture.

5. Phin Ziebell:

   Some of the driest parts of Queensland have received a drenching, which will help pasture growth.