manure

ma·nure

noun

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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manure

transitive verb

-·nured′, -·nur′ing

to put manure on or into (soil)

Origin of manure

Middle English manouren, origin, originally , to farm (land) from Anglo-French maynoberer from Old French manouvrer, to cultivate, literally , to work with the hands: see maneuver

organic substances, esp. animal excrement, put on or into the soil to fertilize it

Origin of manure

< manurethe transitive verb

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manure

noun

The dung of livestock or poultry.
Such dung, or other organic or chemical material, used to fertilize soil.

transitive verb

ma·nured, ma·nur·ing, ma·nures

To fertilize (soil) by applying material such as animal dung.

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 ; see man-² in Indo-European roots.Latin operārī to work ; see op- in Indo-European roots.

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ma·nur′er
noun

ma·nu′ri·al
adjective

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Verb

(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).
The farmer manured his fallow field.

Noun

(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.

Origin

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").

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