Pasturing
[pɑ:stʃərɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pasture
Edited by Bessie
Examples
- A number of horses pasturing in the field rushed away at his approach, nor, though he called them loudly, did they pause in their wild career. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The land is manured, either by pasturing the cattle upon it, or by feeding them in the stable, and from thence carrying out their dung to it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- That friend and fellow-Sheep, who spoke of himself as pasturing in the country prisons; who was he? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The sons of Jacob had been pasturing their flocks near there. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Edited by Bessie