"pastures" in the noun sense
1. pasture, pastureland, grazing land, lea, ley
a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
2. eatage, forage, pasture, pasturage, grass
bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
"pastures" in the verb sense
1. crop, graze, pasture
let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
2. crop, browse, graze, range, pasture
feed as in a meadow or pasture
"the herd was grazing"
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