turn+out+to+pasture

  • 1turn out — verb Date: 1546 transitive verb 1. a. expel, evict b. to put (as a horse) to pasture 2. a. to turn inside out < turning out his pockets > b. to empty the contents of especially for cleaning or rearranging; …

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  • 2turn out — I. (Active.) 1. Expel, drive out, turn adrift. 2. Put to pasture, put out to pasture. 3. Produce, furnish, manufacture, make, accomplish, do. II. (Neuter.) 1. Bend outward, project. 2. Issue, result, prove, eventuate. 3 …

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  • 3To turn out — Turn Turn (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner s&#8230; …

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  • 4pasture — I. n. 1. Herbage, herbs, pasturage, grass. 2. Grazing land, pasturage, pasture ground. II. v. a. Supply with pasturage, graze, turn out to pasture …

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  • 5pasture — n 1. range, grazing ground, grass, grassland, pastureland, Scot. shieling; meadow, meadow land, lea, Archaic. mead. 2. feed; pasturage. See pasturage(def. 1). v 3. fodder, grass, put or turn out to pasture. 4.(all of livestock) forage, graze,&#8230; …

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  • 6Turn — (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner s chisel, a&#8230; …

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  • 7turn — I. verb Etymology: Middle English; partly from Old English tyrnan & turnian to turn, from Medieval Latin tornare, from Latin, to turn on a lathe, from tornus lathe, from Greek tornos; partly from Anglo French turner, tourner to turn, from&#8230; …

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  • 8To turn a cold shoulder to — Turn Turn (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner s&#8230; …

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  • 9To turn a corner — Turn Turn (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner s&#8230; …

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  • 10To turn a flange — Turn Turn (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner s&#8230; …

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