Synonyms for pasturing
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : pas-cher, pahs- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæs tʃər, ˈpɑs- |
Top 10 synonyms for pasturing Other synonyms for the word pasturing
- battening
- biting
- bring under cultivation
- champ
- champing
- crop
- cropping
- crunch
- direct
- dress
- eating
- exist on
- fare
- feast
- feeding
- foraging
- garden
- gnaw
- gnawing
- harrow
- have a bite
- herding
- homestead
- husband
- landscape
- live on
- look after
- masticate
- masticating
- meal
- munch
- munching
- nibble
- nibbling
- nurture
- operate
- partake
- pasture
- pasturing
- peck
- pig out
- plant
- plow
- prey on
- ranch
- ranging
- reap
- ruminate
- ruminating
- run
- scarf
- seed
- snack
- sow
- sponge
- subdue
- subsist
- superintend
- take
- take nourishment
- tend
- till
- till the soil
- uproot
- uprooting
- work
Définition of pasturing
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 grazing : adj browsing
- As in grazing : adj keeping livestock on the range
- As in ranging : adj grazing
- As in farm : verb produce crops, raise animals
- As in feed on : verb consume
- As in graze : verb feed on
- Pasturing is the principal occupation of the people in rural districts.
- Extract from : « Up To Date Business » by Various
- The pasturing of orchards is often defensible and sometimes even desirable.
- Extract from : « The Apple-Tree » by L. H. Bailey
- He said, "I am looking for my brothers; tell me, I beg of you, where they are pasturing the flock."
- Extract from : « The Children's Bible » by Henry A. Sherman
- He wanted to use the lot very much, for he was short of pasturing on his own farm.
- Extract from : « Randy of the River » by Horatio Alger Jr.
- He paced the meadows, and patted the three pasturing steeds.
- Extract from : « The Short Works of George Meredith » by George Meredith
- The sons of Jacob had been pasturing their flocks near there.
- Extract from : « The Innocents Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- Fires have scarred the sides, and pasturing has robbed it of flowers and verdure.
- Extract from : « The Rocky Mountain Wonderland » by Enos A. Mills
- But it was her pasturing, so to speak, in Lancashire, which brought it up to fruition.
- Extract from : « Lancashire » by Leo H. (Leo Hartley) Grindon
- Pasturing of cattle is prohibited along the entire Karwendel range.
- Extract from : « Woman and Socialism » by August Bebel
- The old moose, at her pasturing behind the rock, heard it too.
- Extract from : « The Kindred of the Wild » by Charles G. D. Roberts
Antonyms for pasturing
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