Antonyms for pastured
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : pas-cher, pahs- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæs tʃər, ˈpɑs- |
Definition of pastured
Origin :- late 14c., of animals, "to graze;" early 15c., of humans, "to lead to pasture, to feed by putting in a pasture," from Old French pasturer (12c., Modern French pâturer, from pasture (see pasture (n.)). Related: Pastured; pasturing.
- As in farm : verb produce crops, raise animals
- As in feed on : verb consume
- As in graze : verb feed on
- Some of them do not seem to have any owners, and yet sheep are pastured on them summer and winter.
- Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Cruise » by Burt L. Standish
- He lived and pastured his herd of reindeer south of Karesuando.
- Extract from : « The Land of the Long Night » by Paul du Chaillu
- Wherefore the besieged also pastured their horses in those places.
- Extract from : « Procopius » by Procopius
- Every one to his taste, as one might well say to any woman who kissed the cow that pastured there.
- Extract from : « Letters of Edward FitzGerald » by Edward FitzGerald
- Orchards were cropped in the regular rotation, or with hay, or pastured.
- Extract from : « Apple Growing » by M. C. Burritt
- Encased in the skin of a sheep, he pastured with the flock deceiving the shepherd by his costume.
- Extract from : « Aesop's Fables » by Aesop
- But so many sheep were pastured here that the grass was killed.
- Extract from : « Conservation Reader » by Harold W. Fairbanks
- She had not pastured in the meadows about Chartres with blind eyes.
- Extract from : « The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts » by Abbie Farwell Brown
- He pastured his pony and went into the house, his spurs jingling martially.
- Extract from : « Sixes and Sevens » by O. Henry
- I uphold the principles o' the Cause wherever I am pastured.
- Extract from : « The Day's Work, Volume 1 » by Rudyard Kipling
Synonyms for pastured
- bite
- bring under cultivation
- browse
- champ
- crop
- crunch
- cultivate
- devour
- direct
- dress
- eat
- exist on
- fare
- feast
- forage
- garden
- gnaw
- graze
- grow
- harrow
- harvest
- have a bite
- homestead
- husband
- ingest
- landscape
- live on
- look after
- masticate
- meal
- munch
- nibble
- nurture
- operate
- partake
- pasture
- peck
- pig out
- plant
- plow
- prey on
- ranch
- reap
- ruminate
- run
- scarf
- seed
- snack
- sow
- sponge
- subdue
- subsist
- superintend
- take
- take nourishment
- tend
- till
- till the soil
- uproot
- work
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