Also means
food (figurative prey)
Usage Note
Pâture refers to grazing land or animal feed, but it also appears in the figurative phrase en pâture meaning 'as fodder' or 'as prey' — for example, livrer quelqu'un en pâture aux médias ('to throw someone to the media'). The related verb pâturer means to graze.
Examples
"Les vaches broutent dans la pâture."
Natural Translation
The cows graze in the pasture.
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