manicure
The definition of a manicure is a cosmetic treatment where your hands are pampered and your nails are cut, groomed and may be polished.
(noun)When you go to the salon and your hands are soaked in a paraffin bath, then massaged before your nails are clipped and polished, this is an example of a manicure.
To manicure is defined as to trim gardens or lawns neatly or professionally, or to perform a treatment where you pamper someone's hands and cut and polish his or her nails.
(verb)- When a gardener comes and neatly trims the lawn, this is an example of a time when the gardener manicures the lawn.
- When you cut someone's nails and polish them, this is an example of a time when you manicure.
See manicure in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: Fr < L manus, a hand + cura, care: see cure
transitive verb manicured, manicuring
- to trim, polish, etc. (the fingernails)
- to give a manicure to
- Informal to trim, clip, etc. meticulously: to manicure a lawn
See manicure in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- To trim, clean, and polish (the fingernails).
- To clip or trim evenly and closely: manicure a hedge.
Origin:
Origin: French
Origin: : Latin manus, hand; see man-2 in Indo-European roots
Origin: + Latin cūra, care; see cure
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