pasture

Definition

  • noun: a large area of land where animals feed on the grass
  • noun: plants (as grass) grown for the feeding especially of grazing animals
  • verb: to put (an animal) in a pasture to feed on the grass
  • verb: to feed (as cattle) on pasture
  • synonyms: graze, food, nourishment

Examples

  • She put/sent/turned the sheep 'out to pasture'. [=she brought the sheep to a pasture to eat the grass]

  • I 'put' my old computer 'out to pasture'. [=got rid of my old computer]

  • He left for 'greener pastures' after working here for 10 years.

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