Pasture - English meaning

noun

A high mountain, especially a snow-capped one.

Usage examples:

Suddenly a brilliant glow filled the night, illuminating the snow-capped alps in the distance.

abbreviation

Australian labor party.

noun

Practical work, esp. work that involves physical effort

Usage examples:

The car parts themselves are not expensive – it’s the labor that costs so much., skilled/unskilled …

adjective

Sharply curved or having an angle.

Usage examples:

A piece of bent wire

noun

Past and past participle of bend1.

noun

A stiff grass which is used for lawns and is a component of pasture and hay grasses.

Usage examples:

The grasses used may be native to the area or specially introduced species such as rye grass, fescu…

noun

A small rented farm, especially one in scotland, comprising a plot of arable land attached to a house and with a right of pasturage held in common with other such farms.

Usage examples:

He revolutionised farming in scotland in the 18th century, by compiling his famous statistical acco…

verb

Farm (land) as a croft or crofts.

Usage examples:

The land was crofted at one time

noun

(especially in scotland) a very small farm around a house, or the house itself

noun

An area of open land, especially one planted with crops or pasture, typically bounded by hedges or fences.

Usage examples:

A wheat field

verb

Attempt to catch or stop the ball and return it after it has been hit by the batter, thereby preventing runs being scored or base runners advancing.

Usage examples:

First, he took his eyes off the ball while fielding at short leg, and failed to notice that sarwan …

adjective

Attempt to catch or stop the ball and return it after it has been hit by the batsman or batter, thereby preventing runs being scored or base runners advancing.

noun

Vegetation consisting of typically short plants with long, narrow leaves, growing wild or cultivated on lawns and pasture, and as a fodder crop.

Usage examples:

The ground was mostly barren with just short grass, where no vegetation dared to grow.

verb

Cover (an area of ground) with grass.

Usage examples:

The railway tracks were mostly grassed over

noun

A low, green plant with narrow leaves growing naturally over much of the earth’s surface

Usage examples:

[ u ] are you going to cut the grass?, [ c ] wildflowers and grasses of the great plains thrive wit…

noun

A large open area of country covered with grass, especially one used for grazing.

Usage examples:

Acres of rough grassland

noun

A large area of land covered with grass

Usage examples:

Conservation groups are restoring grasslands in the midwest.

noun

Grassland suitable for pasturage.

Usage examples:

Large areas of rough grazing

verb

(of cattle, sheep, etc.) eat grass in a field.

Usage examples:

Cattle graze on the open meadows

verb

Scrape and break the surface of the skin of (a part of the body).

Usage examples:

She fell down and grazed her knees

noun

An open area of grassy or arable land.

Usage examples:

The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea

noun

Short for local education authority.

noun

Abbreviation for local education authority: in the uk, the part of a local government that controls schools and colleges in a particular area

Usage examples:

Under these plans, private companies or individuals could take over the running of schools from leas.

noun

A piece of land put down to grass, clover, etc., for a single season or a limited number of years, in contrast to permanent pasture.

Usage examples:

The farm is down to clover leys for grazing and silage plus oats, wheat and beans for feeding out o…

noun

A supposed straight line connecting three or more prehistoric or ancient sites, sometimes regarded as the line of a former track and associated by some with lines of energy and other paranormal phenomena.

Usage examples:

Some are new-age mystics convinced that the christian route to santiago is just the latest version …

noun

An imaginary line between some important places such as hills, believed to be where there were very old paths. ley lines are sometimes thought to have special powers.

noun

An alcoholic drink of fermented honey and water.

Usage examples:

The tavern stocks beer, cider, perry, and mead

noun

A meadow.

Usage examples:

Gone was the safe, familiar home, set amidst a tumble of rolling, well-tilled fields dotted with fa…

noun

An alcoholic drink made from honey that was drunk in the past

noun

A piece of grassland, especially one used for hay.

Usage examples:

A meadow ready for cutting

noun

An area of land with grass and other wild plants in it

Usage examples:

We walked through fields and meadows.

noun

A small field or enclosure where horses are kept or exercised.

Usage examples:

What is required to make the fence adequate depends upon the horses confined behind it, the proximi…

verb

Keep (a horse) in a paddock.

Usage examples:

Horses paddocked on a hillside

noun

A small field where animals, especially horses, are kept

noun

Land used for pasture.

Usage examples:

Its rolling flood plain and adjoining hills offered rich pasturage

noun

Land used as pasture.

Usage examples:

Habitat types range from pasturelands, fallow lands, cereal croplands, shrublands, and holm-oak lan…

noun

The area of variation between upper and lower limits on a particular scale.

Usage examples:

The cost will be in the range of $1–5 million a day

verb

Vary or extend between specified limits.

Usage examples:

Prices range from £30 to £100

adjective

(of a person or their lifestyle) orderly; settled.

Usage examples:

It's possible to be too rangé

verb

Move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time.

Usage examples:

The dog ran across the road

noun

An act or spell of running.

Usage examples:

I usually go for a run in the morning

verb

Move fast by using one's feet

noun

A roughly constructed hut used while pasturing animals.

Usage examples:

There they lived in settlements of temporary huts called in ireland booleys (irish ‘buaile’, ‘cattl…

noun

An expanse of short grass.

noun

An area covered with grass

noun

Open, uncultivated country or grassland in southern africa. it is conventionally divided by altitude into highveld, middleveld, and lowveld.

Usage examples:

South africa's eastern coastal zone has relatively high rainfall, but the western veld tapers into …