2. Verb. (third-person singular of pasture) ¹
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Definition of Pastures
1. pasture [v] - See also: pasture
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pastures
Literary usage of Pastures
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"An essential adjunct of pastures is an adequate supply of pure water ...
pastures differ from meadows in the character and habits of the plants which grow ..."
2. Vermont Beautiful by Wallace Nutting (1922)
"Cows, being fastidious, leave various growths untouched, so that there are wild
gardens scattered over the pastures. Sheep will eat what cows ignore, ..."
3. A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants: With an Easy Introduction to the by William Withering (1801)
"[Clayey pastures, Suffolk. Mr. WOODWARD. High pastures, near Little Wenlock, ...
Meadows and pastures in loamy or clayey soil. P. April, May.* farino'sa. ..."
4. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1892)
"The selection of the proper kinds of grasses to be employed,for meadows'or pastures
must depend on many circumstance« luch as soil, drainage, ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"Comparatively few cattle are th« fattened on- grass; the object of graziers being
rather;: stock their pastures with young and growing animals, ..."
6. The New Poetry: An Anthology by Harriet Monroe, Alice Corbin Henderson (1917)
"WHAT DIM ARCADIAN pastures What dim Arcadian pastures Have I known That suddenly,
out of nothing, A wind is blown, Lifting a veil and a darkness, ..."
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