noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈpɑːst͡ʃə/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈpæs-/
Received-Pronunciation:[-tjə]
General-American:/ˈpæst͡ʃəɹ/
General-American:/ˈpæʃ-/
General-American, dialectal:/-təɹ/
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rhymes with (RP) -ɑːstʃə
rhymes with -ɑːstjə
rhymes with (GA) -æstʃəɹ
rhymes with (US, dialectal) -æstə(ɹ)
CMU ARPABET:P AE1 S CH ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Land, specifically, an open field, on which livestock is kept for feeding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Ground covered with grass or herbage, used or suitable for the grazing of livestock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: leasow
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Food, nourishment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To move animals into a pasture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
To graze.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
To feed, especially on growing grass; to supply grass as food for.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
The farmer pastures fifty oxen.
The land will pasture forty cows.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: eatage, forage, pasturage, grass
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fodder
8
noun
Meaning 8
a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pastureland, grazing land, lea, ley
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: grassland
Narrower terms: commons, common land, cow pasture
9
verb
Meaning 9
feed as in a meadow or pasture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the herd was grazing
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crop, browse, graze, range
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: feed, eat
10
verb
Meaning 10
let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crop, graze
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: feed, give
Narrower terms: grass, drift
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh2- Proto-Indo-European *péh2sti Proto-Italic *pāskōr Latin pāscor Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh2? Latin -tūra Latin pastūra Anglo-Norman pastourbor. Middle English pasture English pasture Inherited from Middle English pasture, borrowed from Anglo-Norman pastour, from Latin pastūra, from pāscor + -tūra.
Across languages
Translations
169 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
weiveld
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Albanian:
luadh
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Albanian:
shtrungë
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Arabic:
مَرْعًى
(marʕan)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Arabic:
مَسْرَح
(masraḥ)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Armenian:
արոտ
(arot)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Armenian:
արոտավայր
(arotavayr)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Aromanian:
pãshuni
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Azerbaijani:
otlaq
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Azerbaijani:
örüş
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Bashkir:
көтөүлек
(kötöwlek)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Belarusian:
вы́пас
(výpas)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Belarusian:
вы́гул
(výhul)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Belarusian:
вы́ган
(výhan)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Belarusian:
па́ша
(páša)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Bengali:
চারণভূমি
(caronbhumi)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Bulgarian:
па́сище
(pásište)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Bulgarian:
па́сбище
(pásbište)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Bulgarian:
па́ша
(páša)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Burmese:
စားကျက်
(ca:kyak)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Catalan:
prat
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Catalan:
pastura
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Cherokee:
ᏠᎨᏏ
(tlogesi)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Chinese Cantonese:
牧場 /牧场
(muk6 coeng4)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Chinese Mandarin:
牧場 /牧场
(mùchǎng)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Chinese Mandarin:
牧草地
(mùcǎodì)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Cornish:
peurva
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Czech:
pastvina
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Danish:
græsgang
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Dutch:
weiland
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Dutch:
weide
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Estonian:
karjamaa
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Finnish:
laidun
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Finnish:
laidunmaa
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
French:
pâture
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
French:
pâturage
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
French:
pré
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
French:
prairie
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Old French:
pasture
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Friulian:
pasture
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Friulian:
passon
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Friulian:
pasc
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Galician:
pasto
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Galician:
campo
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Galician:
prado
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Georgian:
საძოვარი
(saʒovari)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
German:
Weide
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Old High German:
winne
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Greek:
βοσκότοπος
(voskótopos)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Greek:
λιβάδι
(livádi)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Ancient Greek:
βοτάνη
(botánē)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Ancient Greek:
νομός
(nomós)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Hindi:
चरागाह
(carāgāh)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Hindi:
चरणभूमि
(caraṇbhūmi)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Hungarian:
legelő
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Icelandic:
beitiland
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Indonesian:
padang rumput
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Irish:
féarach
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Irish:
tuar
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Irish:
buaile
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Irish:
cuibhreann
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Italian:
pastura
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Italian:
pascolo
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Japanese:
牧草地
(bokusōchi)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Japanese:
牧草
(bokusō)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Kazakh:
жайылым
(jaiylym)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Khmer:
តិណភូមិ
(tenaʼphuum)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Khmer:
វាលស្មៅ
(viəl smaw)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Korean:
목장
(mokjang)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Korean:
목초지
(mokchoji)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Central Kurdish:
لەوەڕگا
(lewerrga)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Northern Kurdish:
çêregeh
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Kyrgyz:
жайлоо
(jayloo)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Kyrgyz:
жайыт
(jayıt)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Lao:
ເຖື່ອນຫຍ້າ
(thư̄an nyā)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Lao:
ໂຄຈະຣະພູມ
(khō cha ra phūm)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Lao:
ທົ່ງຫຍ້າລ້ຽງສັດ
(thong nyā līang sat)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Latin:
pāstus
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Latin:
pāscuum
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Latin:
pābulātiō
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Latvian:
ganības
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Lithuanian:
ganyklà
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Macedonian:
пасиште
(pasište)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Malay:
padang rumput
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Manchu:
ᠨᡠᡴᡨᡝ
(nukte)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Mongolian:
бэлчээр
(belčeer)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Mongolian:
ᠪᠡᠯᠴᠢᠭᠡᠷ
(belčiger)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Norman:
pâtuthe
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Norwegian Bokmål:
beite
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Norwegian Bokmål:
beitemark
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Norwegian Nynorsk:
beite
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Norwegian Nynorsk:
beitemark
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Occitan:
pastura
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Old English:
lǣs
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Pashto:
څړ
(caṛ)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Pashto:
څړځاي
(caṛjāy)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Iranian Persian:
چَراگاه
(čarâgâh)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Iranian Persian:
مَسْرَح
(masrah)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Plautdietsch:
Weid
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Plautdietsch:
Jräs
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Polabian:
postvaistĕ
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Polish:
pastwisko
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Portuguese:
pasto
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Portuguese:
pastadouro
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Portuguese:
pastadoiro
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Romanian:
pășune
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Romanian:
imaș
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Russian:
па́стбище
(pástbišče)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Russian:
вы́пас
(výpas)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Russian:
вы́гон
(výgon)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Serbo-Croatian:
па̏шња̄к
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Serbo-Croatian:
pȁšnjāk
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Sicilian:
pastura
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Slovak:
pastvina
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Slovak:
pasienok
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Slovene:
pašnik
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Spanish:
pasto
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Spanish:
pradera
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Spanish:
dehesa
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Spanish:
prado
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Spanish:
acampo
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Spanish:
pastizal
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Spanish:
alijar
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Spanish:
alijares
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Swedish:
betesmark
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Swedish:
bete
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Swedish:
beteshage
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Tajik:
чарогоҳ
(čarogoh)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Tatar:
көтүлек
(kötülek)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Thai:
ทุ่งหญ้า
(tûng-yâa)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Thai:
ทุ่งเลี้ยงสัตว์
(tûng-líiang-sàt)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Thai:
ทุ่งหญ้าเลี้ยงสัตว์
(tûng-yâa-líiang-sàt)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Turkish:
otlak
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Turkish:
mera
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Ottoman Turkish:
اوتلاق
(otlak)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Ottoman Turkish:
مرتع
(mertaʿ)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Turkmen:
öri
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Ukrainian:
ви́пас
(výpas)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Ukrainian:
ви́гін
(výhin)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Ukrainian:
пасови́ще
(pasovýšče)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Ukrainian:
пасови́сько
(pasovýsʹko)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Urdu:
چَرا گاہ
(carā gāh)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Urdu:
چَراگاہ
(carāgāh)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Uyghur:
ئوتلاق
(otlaq)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Uzbek:
yaylov
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Uzbek:
oʻtloq
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Venetan:
pastura
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Vietnamese:
bãi chăn
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Vietnamese:
đồng cỏ
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Welsh:
porfa
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Yakut:
мэччирэҥ
(meččireŋ)
— land on which cattle can be kept for feeding
Afrikaans:
wei
— to herd animals into a pasture
Armenian:
արածեցնել
(aracecʻnel)
— to herd animals into a pasture
Bulgarian:
паса
(pasa)
— to herd animals into a pasture
Catalan:
pasturar
— to herd animals into a pasture
Finnish:
laiduntaa
— to herd animals into a pasture
German:
weiden
— to herd animals into a pasture
Greek:
βόσκω
(vósko)
— to herd animals into a pasture
Hungarian:
legeltet
— to herd animals into a pasture
Italian:
pascolare
— to herd animals into a pasture
Japanese:
放牧する
(hōboku suru)
— to herd animals into a pasture
Old English:
lǣswian
— to herd animals into a pasture
Polish:
paść
— to herd animals into a pasture
Quechua:
michiy
— to herd animals into a pasture
Romanian:
păstori
— to herd animals into a pasture
Romanian:
pășuna
— to herd animals into a pasture
Romanian:
paște
— to herd animals into a pasture
Russian:
пасти́
(pastí)
— to herd animals into a pasture