Manure
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English
Verb
Manure (third-person singular simple present manures, present participle manuring, simple past and past participle manured)
- To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.
- To apply manure (as fertilizer or soil improver).
Derived terms
Noun
Manure (countable and uncountable; plural Manures)- Animal excrement, especially that of common domestic farm animals and when used as fertilizer. Generally speaking, from cows, horses, sheep, pigs and chickens.
Derived terms
Thesaurus
BM, ammonia, bowel movement, buffalo chips, ca-ca, castor-bean meal, commercial fertilizer, compost, coprolite, coprolith, cow chips, cow flops, cow pats, crap, defecation, dingleberry, dressing, droppings, dung, enrichener, feces, feculence, fertilizer, guano, jakes, movement, muck, night soil, nitrate, nitrogen, ordure, organic fertilizer, phosphate, sewage, sewerage, shit, stool, superphosphate, turd
Etymology
From Middle English manuren (“to manure”), from Old French manovrer (whence also English maneuver), from Vulgar Latin *manuoperare (“work by hand”), from Latin manu + operari (“to work”).
Pronunciation
- (GenAm) IPA: /məˈn(j)ur/, SAMPA: /m@"n(j)ur/
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Audio (US) noicon (file) - Hyphenation: ma‧nure
- Rhymes: -uːr
Translations
Verb
to cultivate by manual labor
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to apply manure
See also
- to fertilize
Noun
excrement
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