pastures 1 of 2

noun

plural of pasture
as in ranches
open land over which livestock may roam and feed horses grazing in a fenced pasture

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verb

present tense third-person singular of pasture
as in grazes
to feed on grass or herbs pasturing sheep on town lands was actually a cheaper alternative to mowing

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Recent Examples of pastures
Noun
The 43-room red-brick hotel shares its vast 375 acres with an 18-hole golf course, a spa, as well as a cricket ground and horse pastures. — Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2026 To see them — from an appropriate distance, of course — visit the Windmill and West Traps pastures. — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 23 Sep. 2026 Mixed-use pastures known as dehesas were planted with crops and peppered with oak trees, which provided cork and firewood. — Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026 Groundhogs Groundhogs prefer to live near pastures, along the edges of woods, or under sheds or structures. — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2026 Prolonged periods of drought are scorching French pastures, leeching them of their usual lush green vitality and leaving behind parched, lifeless yellow fields. — Vivian Song, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026 The ranchers depend on snowmelt that feeds the Colorado River and its tributaries to nourish grasses and hay pastures for their herds. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026 The animals tear up crops, pastures, fences, roads and waterways, damage habitat used by native wildlife and can carry diseases capable of affecting livestock, wildlife and humans. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026 As the hurricane approached, shelters were opened, events were canceled and ranchers were urged to leave their cattle in pastures rather than structures that might collapse. — ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pastures
  1. ranches
  2. grazes
  3. yards
  4. forages
  5. prairies
Noun
  • Roughly one-third of the panther’s main habitat is on private ranches and timberlands that are frequently targeted for suburban development in southwestern Florida.
    — Timothy Randhir, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Along with apples and baked goods, the ranches offer hay rides, fishing ponds, pony rides, pumpkin patches and other activities.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of ranches
Verb
  • Instead of a long, narrow path of totality across the globe, the cone of the moon's dark shadow just grazes Earth's edge.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The mission’s lunar target is Shackleton Crater, a 21-kilometer-wide (13-mile-wide) pit with a rim that grazes the moon’s south pole.
    — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of grazes
Noun
  • His yards per attempt and passer rating have fallen, too, and his regular-season touchdown-to-interception ratio has also slipped, from 29 touchdowns and 12 interceptions as a rookie to 30 touchdowns and 14 interceptions since the start of 2025.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Chaz Rodriguez has stepped in at quarterback to pass for 805 yards and 13 touchdowns along with seven touchdowns rushing.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of yards
Verb
  • The president himself apparently forages exclusively on McDonald’s and Diet Coke, and supposedly believes the soda kills cancer.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of forages
Noun
  • Over his shoulder was an enormous portrait of the hatchet-wielding temperance crusader Carrie Nation, an icon of resistance to the excesses of the first Gilded Age, when similar discontent had roiled the prairies.
    — Kyle Paoletta, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Yet the black-footed ferret remains the face of conservation of the prairies.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of prairies

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“Pastures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pastures. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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