ALL meanings of put out to pasture
put out to pas·ture
P p - verbal expression put out to pasture retire: sb or sth obsolete 1
- verbal expression put out to pasture cattle: leave to graze 1
- noun put out to pasture Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland. 1
- noun put out to pasture a specific area or piece of such ground. 1
- noun put out to pasture grass or other plants for feeding livestock. 1
- verb with object put out to pasture to feed (livestock) by putting them out to graze on pasture. 1
- verb with object put out to pasture (of land) to furnish with pasture. 1
- verb with object put out to pasture (of livestock) to graze upon. 1
- verb without object put out to pasture (of livestock) to graze in a pasture. 1
- idioms put out to pasture put out to pasture, to put in a pasture to graze. to dismiss, retire, or use sparingly as being past one's or its prime: Most of our older employees don't want to be put out to pasture. 1
- noun put out to pasture to put in a pasture to graze 0
- noun put out to pasture to allow or compel to retire from work 0