depasture

verb

de·​pasture

"+

intransitive verb

now chiefly Australia : to feed on pasture : graze

transitive verb

1

archaic : to denude of pasture by too constant grazing

2

now chiefly Australia : put to graze : pasture

3

archaic : to use for pasture

Word History

Etymology

de- + pasture

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