пасти́

rare #15863

verbimperfective

1.
to graze, to pasture, to herd, to shepherdagriculture
Ма́льчик пошёл пасти́ ове́ц.
The boy went off to graze the sheep.
2.
to tail, to shadow, to keep tabs on, to surveil
Поли́ция давно́ пасла́ его.
The police had been tailing him for a long time.
slang
3.
to watch over, to keep an eye on, to look after
Ей прихо́дится пасти́ мла́дшего бра́та.
She has to keep an eye on her little brother.
colloquial

Examples

Скот пасли на займище у берега реки.
The cattle grazed on the water meadow by the riverbank.
Чабан пас овец на горе.
The shepherd was grazing sheep on the mountain.
Скот пасли на поёмных лугах у реки.
The cattle were grazed on the floodplain meadows by the river.
На отавном лугу пасли овец до октября.
The sheep grazed in the aftermath meadow until October.
Мальчики поехали в ночное пасти лошадей.
The boys went out to pasture the horses for the night.
Пастух вышел пасти овец на луг.
The shepherd went out to pasture the sheep in the meadow.
Соба́ки помога́ют пасти скот.
The dogs help herd the cattle.
Молодая кочевница пасла овец каждый день.
The young nomad herded sheep every day.

Imperative
ты	паси́
вы	паси́те

Active present	пасу́щий	grazing, pasturing, herding
Active past	па́сший	having grazed, having pastured, having herded
Passive present	-
Passive past	пасённый	grazed, pastured, herded
Gerund present	пася́	while doing (present)
Gerund past	па́сши	while doing (past)