Pasturing
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The process of putting an animal out to pasture. countable, uncountable
- 2 Land used as pasture. countable, uncountable
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of pasture form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"But through the heavy pasturing of that section, together with a series of dry seasons denuding the whole country of such cover as would be necessary for the bird's protection from hawks and vermin, they have become nearly if not quite extinct."
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