Pas"ture , v. i. To feed on growing grass; to graze.
Pas"ture , 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.
Pas"ture (?), n. [OF. pasture, F. pâture, L. pastura, fr. pascere, pastum, to pasture, to feed. See
Pastor.]
1. Food; nourishment.
[Obs.]
Toads and frogs his pasture poisonous.
Spenser.
2. Specifically: Grass growing for the food of cattle; the food of cattle taken by grazing.
3. Grass land for cattle, horses, etc.; pasturage.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
Ps. xxiii.
2. So graze as you
find pasture.
Shak.
Hear it pronounced