I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
arable
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These basic land uses of arable , pasture and meadow were, of course, supplemented at different times.
good
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However, they required good pasture and plentiful hay and would probably always have been kept in closes near to the farmsteads.
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But they do not move blindly, in the hope of coming to better pastures .
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Birth control Reared outside and fed on good pasture , lamb has a fine, fragrant flavour.
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When their numbers reach a peak, like bees in a hive, they decide to migrate to better pastures .
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They were most marked on the heavy clays that overlie most of the Midlands, which produced good pastures .
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Good meadow hay consists of the same grasses and clovers as a good pasture .
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A good run in pastures new would do you a world of good.
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Cattle required good quality pasture and plentiful hay if they were to be kept over the winter, which they generally were.
green
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At its southern end are the rolling green pastures of Parliament Hill, north London's premier spot for kite-flying.
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Sometimes, cowboys use more heroic life-saving measures, lifting weak cattle into trucks so they can be hauled to greener pastures .
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A flock of sheep grazed in one green pasture , across the fence from a herd of contented Guernseys.
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Open green pastures and the distinctive monoliths gathered together in a circle.
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Drought had prompted ranch manager Matt Swan to move most of the cattle from the 7-L Camp to greener pastures .
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Then, a little higher, it surprised them, suddenly unveiling green pasture and rose bushes with delicate pink blossom.
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The narrator and her parents and neighbors leave their home in the Midwest and head to greener pastures via the Oregon Trail.
high
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There's good sport over that high pasture , I remember it well from my time there as a boy.
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On his way to town, he came out of a high pasture and found himself looking at a farm.
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Shortly before the first autumn snows the flock is brought down from the high pastures .
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The highest pasture was green again.
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This traditional migration to the high pastures freed by summer is called transhumance.
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Animals still travel up to the high pastures , but today the migration is by truck, and not on foot.
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Many of the Site Classe areas are small and not subject to change, e. g. small lakes, wetlands or high pasture .
lush
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Both Rusedski and Sampras will now be looking forward to the lusher pastures of Wimbledon.
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It is a rich dairy-farming district of lush pastures and scattered woodland.
new
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It is now time to move on to new pastures .
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On the other, it could opt for new and greener pastures .
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If possible the new pasture should have a good nutritional value; alternatively some supplementary feeding may be given.
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It is therefore advisable to give at least one annual spring treatment to all stock prior to moving to new pastures .
permanent
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These were in contrast to upland permanent pasture , where arable farming could only be undertaken infrequently, in special circumstances.
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All permanent pasture and most leys contain a large number of grasses, clovers, weeds, and herbs.
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Their construction and use indicates permanent pasture , thus they presumably represent abandoned areas when occurring on village and field sites.
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Upland farms usually have at least 50% or even all of the land classified as enclosed, sown, short-term and permanent pastures .
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As mentioned earlier, most permanent pastures can be improved in both composition and productivity by good management.
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The present agricultural pattern has clearly involved great changes and the loss of permanent pasture is of particular significance ornithologically.
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Total production in the long term is seldom higher than that of permanent pasture .
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Areas of woodland and permanent pasture are mapped together with built-up areas as inaccessible to archaeologists.
rich
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Its rich pastures are cropped by semi-wild sheep and fertilised by the prolific bird life.
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John noticed that as they left the rich pastures of Leinster and rode into Munster the degree of destitution worsened considerably.
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The Sardinians were great experts in both activities for which their remote dwellings surrounded by rich Tuscan pastures were the ideal environment.
rough
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For years he had refused, as it would have upset his hens in their rough pasture .
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At the moment it looks more like a bit of rough pasture ... full of dandelions and clover patches.
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The separation is at its most apparent in the summer, when the males feed on rougher pastures higher up the mountain.
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The changes were largely at the expense of moorland, heath and rough pasture .
■ NOUN
land
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The village became surrounded by fields and pasture land .
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Other considerations for siting Neolithic settlements included good water and soil, and convenient pasture land for newly domesticated animals.
■ VERB
graze
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A flock of sheep grazed in one green pasture , across the fence from a herd of contented Guernseys.
move
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It is now time to move on to new pastures .
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The bill poster had moved on to dryer pastures and all the gas-lamps were now lit.
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It is therefore advisable to give at least one annual spring treatment to all stock prior to moving to new pastures .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a cow pasture
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As Balfour talked, the men casually watched the infested pasture .
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By pastures green, he leadeth me, the quiet waters by.
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I said I hoped no angels were flying over the pasture .
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In some areas woodland, waste or upland pasture was cleared and developed and new settlements established.
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Net income on the pasture is £2450 per year.
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Other considerations for siting Neolithic settlements included good water and soil, and convenient pasture land for newly domesticated animals.
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Radiating outwards are the paths to the pastures and the frontiers of the Masai world.
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Simon then had the agonising decision as to whether Wizard should stay or go off to pastures new.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Haciendas have taken over lands previously used by their indigenous workers for domestic production and converted them to pasture .
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When horses and donkeys are pastured together there is no doubt that each species mates preferentially with its own kind.
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With the new set-aside agricultural policies, there is a possibility that cultivated parks can be put back to pasture .