Manure definition

mə-no͝oər, -nyo͝o-, no͝or, -nyo͝or
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To fertilize (soil) by applying material such as animal dung.
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To put manure on or into (soil)
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Such dung, or other organic or chemical material, used to fertilize soil.
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Organic substances, esp. animal excrement, put on or into the soil to fertilize it.
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The dung of livestock or poultry.
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The definition of manure is animal excrement that is used to fertilize.

Animal excrement that you spread around in your garden to fertilize the soil so the garden will grow better is an example of manure.

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To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.
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To apply manure (as fertilizer or soil improver).

The farmer manured his fallow field.

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Animal excrement, especially that of common domestic farm animals and when used as fertilizer. Generally speaking, from cows, horses, sheep, pigs and chickens.
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Origin of manure

  • From Middle English manuren to cultivate land from Anglo-Norman mainouverer from Vulgar Latin manūoperāre to work with the hands Latin manū ablative of manus hand man-2 in Indo-European roots Latin operārī to work op- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • 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").

    From Wiktionary

Manure Sentence Examples

  • They actually had some horse manure boxed up and ready to ship.

  • Have manure put up in heaps and mixed with earth."

  • The discovery of the uses of the bare fallow and of manure, by making it possible to raise crops from the same area for an indefinite period, marks a stage of progress.

  • Add in some well rotted cow manure and mix the soil up well.

  • Other industries are the manufacture of cellulose, artificial manure, flour and malt; and there are saw-mills, iron foundries and breweries in the town.

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