Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pasture
2 senses of pasture
Sense 1
pasture, pastureland, grazing land, lea, ley -- (a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock)
=> grassland -- (land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life)
Sense 2
eatage, forage, pasture, pasturage, grass -- (bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle)
=> fodder -- (coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb pasture
2 senses of pasture
Sense 1
crop, graze, pasture -- (let feed in a field or pasture or meadow)
=> feed, give -- (give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat")
Sense 2
crop, browse, graze, range, pasture -- (feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing")
=> feed, eat -- (take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?")